I’ve never written a negative AirBnb review after staying at dozens of places and this will hopefully be my only negative review ever. I start off with a perspective of respect for the people who are willing to open their homes to guests but Gavin couldn’t care less about the guests.
1) Email communication is very slow, if you get a response at all. I’m still paying for the place as I write this review and will be paying for next week and have not received a response to my last 3 emails which were very polite and in regards to having to leave the place due to the COVID lockdown in October 2020. This is even after I did as he asked regarding cancelling the booking so that he could make more money and try to double book the place.
2) The place is very unsafe at night (after 7) because this is almost entirely a commercial zone with embassies and office buildings. There’s no mention of this is the description. Other than buses and occasional cars on the street, you can walk for blocks and hardly see anyone in sight. I felt very unsafe at night.
3) You must request all basic household supplies individually and those supplies may take days to be brought to you. I was left 1 partial roll of toilet paper for a 3 week stay, no paper towels, one extra garbage bag for a 3 week stay, etc. Forget about ice cube trays, salt, sugar, cooking oil, and other common kitchen items when you don’t even have toilet paper.
4) The place was mostly clean but I had to vacuum the rug in the living myself within 24 hours of arriving because it was disgustingly filthy. The staircase in the common area was also very dirty.
5) On a positive note, check in went smooth, the place is centrally located and major bus lines are practically outside the front door.
The pictures make the place look warm and inviting but you’re dealing with a host who has no interest in making your stay in Dublin warm and inviting in any way. I’ve heard that a lot of Irish people resent the American tourists that visit their country and have no interest in welcoming us and I thought that was just exaggeration and just a cultural misunderstanding but now I think there may be some truth to it. I can’t recommend AGAINST booking this place enough even given some positives.