I booked Karen's house for a surprise weekend away for my wife with 6 of our friends and Karen's welcome started well before we arrived. She contacted me a few days prior and suggested I booked our taxi from the airport in advance and even visited a few local bakeries for a gluten free birthday cake. When we did arrive Karen was extremely welcoming and had a bottle of Presecco and snacks ready and waiting for us. It took only a few minutes to show me around the house, how things worked and suggested options for travelling into central Dublin, local eateries and places to stock up on some essentials, well wine mainly!
We settled in really quickly and everyone agreed how brilliant it was to have space to socialise together. We were warm, the beds were really comfy, and what a lovely kitchen to make bacon and eggs in for breakfast!
It was nice to wake up each morning in the peaceful surroundings of Rathgar, it is a really nice area, the shops, pubs and restaurants were close, only a few minutes away on foot. We had no trouble getting around, we used 'Uber' to book taxis to and from the house and spent the first evening getting to know the night-life of Dublin, one evening locally at Rody Bollands pub, very nice food and lovely atmosphere and one evening at the house by the fire drinking gin and putting the world to rights!
The beds were lovely and comfortable, we didn't want for anything and when it was time to leave Karen was just as lovely in her goodbye. All 8 of us wouldn't hesitate to recommend staying at Karen's beautiful house, we had the best time and she was a wonderful host!