We booked this in the hope of a quiet overnight stay in County Donegal near a Beach. After travelling 70 miles to reach our destination, we were astounded to find ourselves travelling off the main Carriageway and proceeding along a back Country Road. We eventually reached our destination and tried to gain access with no success. We walked around to see if someone was at the rear of the Property but again no Host present. We were taken aback when we saw how very small the dwelling was. I'll explain further: Parking is a near impossibility - the Dwelling is very small and is on a sharp V point at a corner. Our Car is small and it just about fitted on the space at the front of the dwelling. A very short walk around the corner and there is a small walk through onto the Patio (a very small area with no Table and Chairs as pictured on the website) and wholly inadequate for seating space. Christine's response to this was that the Patio Furniture was folded away because the weather was bad! If we had wanted to sit outside where would we have sat. Surely the Patio Furniture should have been there waiting for Guest use?
When we knocked the Patio Door it was easy to see what was behind these Doors. Bunk Beds with Kitchen Table and Chairs jammed together and a Sofa of some kind all with little room in between. It looked like Furniture was being stored there and did not appear to be safe to walk around inside (but as I've said we could not gain access so this was the view from the outside) We were amazed, clearly this airbnb was not as described.
We left amazed and confused. I sent the host an email as soon as we were in a position to do so and her response was 'I left a door open and sent an email to you telling you that'. This was almost 3 hours after the booking was made and, of course, we were en route during this time. I feel that her Communication was extremely poor. I asked for a full refund as we were overpromised and underdelivered on this occasion. She said that she had not been paid and that up was up to airbnb to decide.
I contacted airbnb who said that after investigation, Christine (the Host) refused our Refund and insisted on using the opportunity to put forward a Cancellation and withhold our Refund. I think that 2 hours travel and 70 miles travelled would totally refute that claim!
We would not recommend this airbnb at all for all of the above reasons.