I’ve stayed in airbnbs for years, never had an experience quite like this. I felt deceived by the high ratings/favorable reviews.
A) Listing inaccurate: no private entrance, no private living room, heater did not operate as instructed, washer’s spin cycle must be broken because the host warns “it’ll take 2-3 days for clothes to dry” (a 30 min walk to a dry cleaner will charge €12 to wash a few days of laundry).
B) Host: wanting in the self-awareness category; between listening to the radio at high volume from 8:00-23:30, you may hear phone conversations on speaker, kitchen karaoke, ukelele playing.
C) Comfort (lack thereof): the bathroom is adjacent to the bedroom and the house has great acoustics. You may be asked a plethora of questions leaving/returning to the house, so have answers ready for where you’re going, what you’re doing, and when you’re coming back. Seemingly little privacy (see B).
D) Location: pretty ok. 10-15 min walk to dart; bus right outside. If you’d like to get out of the house, Brady’s in Shankill is a fine pub.
I’ve been to Ireland many times before and I will be back many times again. Equally as certain, I will not be returning to this Airbnb.