THIS IS THE DIRTIEST PLACE WEVE STAYED THIS YEAR.
AVOID - FILTHY, LOTS OF BROKEN DOORS, APPLIANCES, CURTAINS & SHOWERS DIDN'T WORK. FRANCIS REFUSED TO REFUND STEEP €50 CLEANING FEE.
Francis said to Airbnb that if we'd got in touch about all the issues when we checked in that he'd have been able to solve them for us.... Read on for all the issues that he'd have been able to solve at 4:30 pm before our baby needed to be fed and asleep by 6pm...
Cons: our baby crawled around on the floor and his feet and trousers were filthy black within half an hour! The kitchen is poorly outfitted, the door attached to the fridge is broken and there's no handle so unless you've trained your climbers pinch grip you'll not get in. Some of the other kitchen doors are cracked. Like a previous reviewer said it's just grubby in the kitchen. The kitchen floor hadn't been hoovered or mopped and there was a large sticky patch which had collected even more dirt than the surrounding area. The worksurfaces in the kitchen were dirty. The showers don't work correctly - we had to run the downstairs hot tap to get the water to run warm. Even then the water pressure was so poor it was impossible to have a proper shower. The upstairs bathroom door doesn't close or lock properly. There were random hairs in the toilet downstairs, it obviously hadn't been cleaned. There are cobwebs all over, not just little ones but ones which had been there for years collecting dust! In the entrance hall there was a pile of dirt, like the cleaner had forgotten to sweep it up. Ontop of the logs in the fireplace there is lots of crumbly dirt from the chimney above. The fake flowers were also covered in dust. There were empty sweet wrappers in the bedside drawers & someone else's rubbish in the bathroom (not in the bin). Shelves in the bathroom hadn't been cleaned for years. In the second bedroom upstairs there were blinds over the windows which were like tracing paper - all the light got through. There were curtains but they were just ontop of the wardrobe.... The walls and furniture surfaces need a scrub down with hot soapy water, there are marks all over them which will come off with a proper clean! Plus we had to clean the pans before using them, same for the baby highchair. And the travel cot didn't have any bedding left for it and wasn't put up.
The place just needs a proper clean, we were surprised to have paid €50 for cleaning when it looked like the place had only had a brief wipe down and the beds changed.
Pros: comfy beds, spacious, easy to find.
Francis was easy to communicate with until we asked for a refund of the cleaning fee then he went silent. He told Airbnb he saw no issue with the cleaning..... you should run a mile at this point!!