Our experience staying at Anne's was mixed at best. For the most part the house was spacious and met our family's needs - we loved the open floor plan on the first floor and the bedrooms were all lovely and comfortable. But there were several issues that we found quite disappointing. Anne met us on our arrival but her tour of the house was rushed. We quickly discovered after she departed that there was no toilet paper in the house! We had to drive into the village to purchase some. The exterior of the house was in need of some attention - the grass and weeds around the property were quite long giving it a shabby feel. On the first morning we again had to make a trip into the village to purchase matches in order to light the stove to cook breakfast - something that was not explained to us. We did stumble across a lighter 2 days later (under the microwave oven) but we'd never been told that the stove needed to be lit manually, nor did she tell us where the lighter could be found. She gave us very specific instructions to sort the garbage into recyclables, compost and trash and told us the barrels would be marked outside -but they weren't labeled and were filled with rain water. We did our best to accommodate her request even though no trash bags were on hand by sorting the garbage as she instructed using our own shopping bags. The bath towels she provided were very small and threadbare and woefully inadequate. She did provide us with some basic provisions - such as a loaf of bread, butter, milk, juice, salt & pepper and olive oil which was a lovely touch, as well as a hair dryer upon request - but it was surprising that we were expected to provide our own toilet paper and garbage bags. The house was also in need of some dusting - there were substantial cobwebs and spiders in the corners of most of the rooms that looked like they had been there for quite some time. In general we felt that not much care and attention was made in preparation for our arrival. We did find the setting lovely and peaceful (in spite of the challenging drive up the narrow lane to the house from the main road which at times could be quite nerve racking). We loved the village of Kenmare and the location worked very well for us as we had planned day trips throughout Kerry for sightseeing and visiting family - but I don't think we would stay at Anne's again in the future given the multitude of challenges we encountered.