We stayed in Niall and Grace’s little home for 5 nights and 6 days.
When we arrived, it felt quite strange, we’d stayed in lots and lots of Air BnB’s prior to this stay but never had we had to collect mail or anything like that before, with their clothing still in the wardrobes and drawers, we were forced to leave our suitcases open on the floor and live out of them like that, which was annoying and messy.
The home itself was clean, a bit of clutter under the stairs and bed but nothing major, the bathroom and kitchen were updated and fresh, Tesco and a local pub were both within walking distance as well as a bus stop. The address itself was hard for navigation apps/systems to pick up and it was a nightmare when attempting to have food delivered or arranging a car to take us anywhere. The bed and pillows were extremely uncomfortable, the mattresses and pillows are definitely ready to be replaced. I’m 5”4 and 60kgs and every time I moved on the bed sounded like it was about to give way. The couches downatirs were also quite uncomfortable and old, you couldn't sit on them for a long period of time, although the armchair in the corner was good it obviously only seated one person so when trying to watch tv together it was an umcofortable experience.
Overall, I think this place had excellent potential to be amazing, if little things like maybe a note welcoming us to the property with a little bit of local knowledge on it, house instructions like using the shower upstairs and a comfortable bed would've made all the difference. It felt quite careless and genuinely like we'd paid money to house sit for strangers rather than go on holiday.
I understand there is a user manual on their listing but at the end of the day you don’t want be messing around on your Air BnB app, most people go away to disconnect from technology so it was truly the last thing we wanted to be doing. I think a different approach to welcoming guests would’ve been nice, I understand they were away but having the cleaner leave a note or even just having some cold water in the fridge would've been highly appreciated. It’s a nice little place and if you can deal with things like a sore neck and waiting outside for the food delivery driver to drive past so you can flag him down, then it's not bad at all.
Just out of sheer inconvenience I wouldn’t stay here again.
Thanks for having us!