I'd love to give this place a great review, as I love the neighborhood, and have never had a bad AirBnB experience before, however, I feel it wouldn't be justified in this circumstance.

Positives:
- the location was great, and other than occasional noisy construction, it was fairly quiet at night
- comfortable couch
- Tom left the keys for us to facilitate an easy check in, and was responsive when we asked for a blanket
- the sash windows work - they're usually the first to go when a building is treated like this

Negatives:
- this place would have been so much nicer if even a minimum of effort was made - it was particularly disturbing to see such a gorgeous old building put into such a state
- the listing is inaccurate - certain amenities (like heating) do not actually exist -- fortunately it was fairly temperate in Dublin this summer, but we did have to ask for extra duvets
- nor do many of the outlets work
- for the cleaning fee you wouldn't expect to find gum stuck to the main pillars of the kitchen, but there you go
- exposed wires just hanging out of the wall, soft spots in the floor that made me wonder how stable the upper level was
- no curtains or coverings of any kind on the bathroom window

We managed to stay a few nights, but by the end were basically using this as a place to store our luggage. I think the main selling point is that it's 'cheap', but it's not nearly cheap enough to justify the state of the property. It's a shame - Tom is renting this building out on AirBnB and as a longer term let on daft.ie. If some of that rent was put into upkeep, it could be a very nice space.