Okay, so this is a GORGEOUS home. Sparkling clean, beautiful, large. Unfortunately, we had one main issue with it— it was literally 52 degrees F inside the home. We had 14 month old twins with us and it was very stressful to try and amass space heaters and put them in enough layers to remain warm. The house finally got livable around 3am— but from 5pm-3am it was literally in the 50s inside the house. In addition, someone had to get up every 2 hours during that time to “boost” the heat. Brid was lovely to talk to and very sweet in leaving us fresh scones, but unfortunately all of those details went unnoticed when none of our party could put on enough layers to sleep. I believe Agnes mentioned that she had turned on the heat minutes before we arrived— in the future, it’s probably best to start heating the house 12+ hours before guests arrival. It took just about that long for the house to become livable.
The other small inconvenience is the check-in and check-out process. Brid and her sister don’t live on site and wanted to be there for our check in and out, so we felt very pressured to give them exact times of check-in and check-out and I felt like I was unable to enjoy our drive there because they had to know the exact time we would be there. A hidden key or a keyless entry system would be really useful here. Also, the WiFi is very spotty.
The house is beautiful and spacious, Brid and her sister Agnes were very kind, and the small town of foynes is very cute. We wouldn’t stay there again, but it was a cool home to experience.