It’s not a terrible place; if AirBnB asked me to rate the room it could have been higher but they asked me to rate my stay. Here’s my assessment:
Check in is lockbox, quick and easy.
Neighbor has 10-12 outdoor dogs and several cats. The cats can enter the room if not careful and the dogs bark. So much barking.
The hosts sleep in the room directly next to you.
The hostess kept the house super clean and the common area furniture and TV was nice.
The house cat uses the toilet as a human does. Just sayin.
Neighborhood, we were told, was a rough area. We found it to be decent and the people friendly. It’s not a quaint cottage, it’s a working-class area.
Bedroom was as pictured, small and basic. There weren’t enough hangers or any drawers so we lived out of our suitcases. Their were chocolates on our bed the first night, a thoughtful touch. They need new, matching towels and the bed could be replaced. That would help class it up and make it more comfortable.
We had limited room in the fridge and none in the freezer but the hosts had a “use anything you need” policy which was nice.
The hostess was helpful and super nice. The host we barely met. We did get locked out and as the hosts live there with you while you rent the room, so we figured they’d use on of their keys to let us in. They said they had to call a locksmith to let them in (saying both the front and back door already had a key on the inside) as they couldn’t open either door with their own house keys. They demanded about $110 for the locksmith without a receipt and told us it would be $150 if we waited (80 and 123 euro). We would have paid when we got home, after seeing a receipt even though we were so confused as to why leaving your key inside of one door would require a locksmith but the host was angry and yelling and we were shocked that a host would treat a guest like that and it was quite alarming while it happened. The hostility and menacing tone were enough to send us to a hotel after a few nights and rent a different AirBnB entirely, one where we wouldn’t be yelled at while on vacation. It was bizarre.
If you need someplace to crash within 15 minutes of Dublin and you don’t need a pretty view, you can’t beat the price. The value IS good. Just don’t get locked out!