Did not enjoy my stay.
Was not what I expected and I found Victoria to be condescending and borderline rude.
I thought I was going to be late on my arrival so was trying to keep her up to date with my journey and when I finally arrived her first response to me when I arrived was "you made it with your back and forth messaging then".
This immediately made me feel unwelcome and as if I had been inconveniening her for trying to just be helpful and keep her up to date with my arrival.
When she showed me around the property it became very clear that you were not allowed access to anything other than your bedroom and bathroom.
I asked were you allowed to make a drink in thekitdhen as was given a very firm no.
I was surprised at this as it was listed in amenities "coffee machine" but then when I looked further it was also stated that you could not use the kitchen apart from breakfast time, which contradicted one another.
I was feeling unwell and asked would I just be allowed to use the kettle in which I was told I would "have to ask".
Victoria didn't offer any suggestions of places for me to visit or to go see, which I had read in other reviews that she has for other guests.
When asked about breakfast the next morning I said I may get up at 8am, and she told me she may not be up then to do breakfast, and listed what she serves from the website but then told me "it won't be all of that, but what I have in".
Later that evening when going to bed I met another airb&b guest.
This wasn't an issue, but it is not specified anywhere that other guests are staying there.
We were having a 5 minute conversation at 10pm and then was told by another guest to stop talking.
At breakfast the next morning she asked were I feeling better and she could give me suggestions of where to find a pharmacy and what to get.
When leaving I asked her about this and she simply told me "I have all the information you need wrote down on the paper in the room".
When Iwanted to clarify which towels I can use, I was again answered in a very patronising way and made to feel idiotic for asking.
All in all, it felt like an overpriced hostel; but even a hostel you have access to a kitchen.
Victoria said I could leave my case to collect for my train at 2.
I explained before I left what my plans were and when I would be back and she seemed fine with that.
However when I returned and was getting my stuff together within 2 minutes of been in the room she appeared to tell me she was needing to change the sheets.
5 minutes later she returned again and whilst I was pouring medicine into a bottle she told me to make sure I do not spill anything on the floor, and then came back again to tell me she wants the room.
I was made to feel mot unwelcome and rushed, and in this hurry I accidentally packed a map she had left in the room.
When I was on my train she messaged about this and stated it cost €5 to laminate it and I am the only guest to ever take one.
I apologised and said it was a mistake, and could she make a copy off another one as I am only human and it was an accident.
She then told me that I were to find a post office on my travels and post it back to her, which I personally felt was a bit excessive.
I tried to say this to her, and express my views on my stay and how it felt very regimented and controlled, that I was made to feel unwelcome and an inconvenience.
I don't think she should rent out rooms if she cannot be accepting of travellers and have such a standoffish attitude towards guests, and having stayed in other airb&bs, the lack of access to basic amenities and her general hospitality completely shocked me.
Her response to me expressing views on my stay was that "I must still have a fever as I am delusional, apparently I turned up with a nasty temper which is uncharacteristically not true -
and I have proven I am a sociopath and I need to grow up".
This response completely shocked me. I tried to speak to Victoria privately about my experience and to be responded to so rudely and nastily was upsetting and downright unprofessional.
To attack someone's personality that personally was disgusting.
She is advertising herself as a business and should be accepting of differnt people's experiences but to then respond as such and then tell ME to grow UP, and then go further and call me a sociopath, is vile.