The accommodation is exactly as described, there is nothing surprising about it.
It is in a very small village with basically everything necessary for a living as for example a Tesco and SPAR, a kiosk, Subway (about 5 min walking) and centra (10 min walking).
There are some take always close by, too.
The accommodation is very close to the bus station - Dublin bus 69 is leaving once an hour to the city centre and back. To use Dublin busses for a cheaper fare I would suggest to get a leap card - depending on your stay an adult or visitors card will do it. I would recommend to get a visitors card as you can use every kind of transportation unlimitedly. Get yourself the Dublin Bus App that will help you to get real time information about the bus‘ departure and arrival time.
To get to Dublin City centre it will take you about an hour. Through high traffic it might take you even longer. I used the time to read and listen to podcasts so I did not mind.
Joan is very helpful and replies always to your messages - she made me feel comfortable and is really lovely.
She even picked me up halfway from the airport and offered to drive me back (Red Cow Station) there.
Don’t be shy asking her about anything. Travelling alone, that was also a reason why I felt safe staying at her place. She lives attached but you don’t even notice anything.
If you don’t have a deep sleep i would recommend getting earplugs. The motorway is very close and I needed to get used to it - after a while it did not bother me at all. You get used to it.
I had perfect access to WiFi and never had a problem with that. You should probably get an extension cable with you, too.
Depending on where you come from you might feel generally cold in Ireland, the room is on groundfloor so it is colder in winter times. Joan lend me duvets and even installed an additional heater as I was feeling cold. You just need to plug it in and out - so not a big deal.
As I lived there for 1.5 month Joan also offered me to use her washing machine, cleaning the carpets and changed the blankets twice - I love her for that (Thanks Joan ❤️).
All in all everything was very good and clean. And if you like to cook for yourself you will find the basic stuff.
Greetings to Rathcoole!