The apartment was in a great location in terms of being close to everything, literally minutes walk from Temple Bar and all the shops! Even close enough to the 3arena to walk back if you need to (we couldn’t get a taxi - about a half hour walk). Couple of things that maybe put me off staying there again which I hadn’t seen in any other reviews:
Apartment backs onto an alleyway where homeless people sleep and so drugs, there’s also a club somewhere along this alleyway and you can hear it until about 3am.
Double bed is pretty uncomfortable, can feel all the springs and makes a noise every time someone moves
The cooking facilities were ok but half the pans were rusty and the hob/grill smelt of burning when we used it
Shower is very low pressure
Radiator in bedroom doesn’t work so you have to use a plugin heater which you can’t leave on all night as it gets way too hot but if you turn it off you wake up in the middle of the night freezing
I’m not trying to have a dig as we got the apartment at a good price and like I said it was a good location, but these things bothered me so I probably wouldn’t stay again. However, this was my first Airbnb so wasn’t sure what to expect - might just be being picky! The hosts were great nonetheless and Paul gave us lots of advice for our stay which was very much appreciated.