2 Bedroom Penthouse, central Dublin

We used the penthouse for a weekend stay in Dublin. The description is very correct that the penthouse is "centrally located". Close to all transportation. Week days there is a lot of hustle and bustle of business people. Weekends are a bit slower and tougher to find eating establishments. The area was great! But when it comes to the penthouse the description and pictures need to be "updated" The balcony did not have "shrubbery and outdoor furniture", everything was dead or if it was still growing it was weeds. There was not one bit of furniture to enjoy the balcony with. The picture even shows a "bag chair". The "curtains and fabric are top of the range" that may have been when they first decorated the penthouse, but now it is sun bleached, stains on the walls where pictures have been moved and not cleaned or repainted, the sofa's are so broke down that you can hardly sit in them. The second bedroom does not have enough room for another fold out bed, so that will have to be in the "great room", the second bathroom has an electric shower with no instructions, the clothes washer- dryer in one did not work - in fact the person who cleaned it before us had towels in to wash that did not dry. The kettles in the kitchen had no covers and frying pans with no handles! And between the numerous codes, cards, coded entry's it is a nightmare trying to get in and out of the place! Directions from the owner are only given from the ferry because I guess it is assumed you are only coming from that direction. Very hard to find. Lots of information is provided, but it still is not "user friendly".

We stayed at three rental houses in the two weeks we were in Ireland and this was the most expensive and biggest disappointment.

Coming from Germany for a 5 days sight seeing of Dublin we found an ideal location to stay. Everything in the center is achieveable by foot. Railway and bus stations are very close. The penthouse is comfortable like described. The area is closed and very save. Also the contact person is available at any time for questions. We really enjoyed the stay.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Penthouse Apartment. It was just as described in the listing, very clean and well appointed--also handy to the center of Dublin. We found that using the Dublin Hop on Hop off buses helped with getting around to the many sites we wanted to see in Dublin. There are also several bice restaurants withing walking distance of the apartment. The owner, Jonathan, was very accommodating, allowing us to check in earlier than posted as our flight arrival time put us into Dublin at 6am! All of our emails were answered promptly and professionally. We would definitely recommend the Penthouse Apartment to a friend or relative!