Positives - The outside of the house and yard look well kept, painted, etc. There is a nice combo washer and dryer unit. The house was clean, with some milk, butter, jam and a tea cake provided. There was laundry detergent, shower gel and shampoo provided too. Nice cookware and dishes were nice too. It's close to beaches, a National Park and Westport.
Negatives - The apartment is very dated, decor is 1980s peach and blue with a bright green carpet in downstairs bedroom. Lots of nice wood but it's every where upstairs. Only a bottom sheet, no top sheet so the down comforter is used as a sheet but not sure how clean it was from the last occupant. The linens and sheets and some of the pillows were well used and worn. The stove and oven very old and need to light the gas with a match. TV was really old too. The closets upstairs were filled with children's books, toys, port a crib and hangers were ones saved from the stores. Not easily accessed to hang items up. Charges for any oil used for heating and electricity, never heard of doing that! Just charge more for the apartment!
I guess I was expecting something nicer for a paying guest. Host showed us the hot water and heating turn on/off but seemed put out when I was asking questions about stove, washer/dryer use. I wasn't told where to put the garbage bags/recylclables when we left as I forgot to ask our host and I couldn't find them out back or on the side of the house where we were staying. Just not the kind of experience I was expecting as our first Abnb apartment and host in Donegal were so amazing, so I was very disappointed.