We went the mid March. The apartment was cold and feet damp, the air con/heating was not working. We advised Sean on The Monday he came Tuesday got the unit in the main bedroom to work and left the door open to warm the rest if the apartment. He asked what he wanted him to do, get a small heater or get the air con/heating repaired. I said, the cheapest for him, I would presume, is a small heater.
There was no response to my text and when we came home on Wednesday teatime, no heater and units still not working. I text Sean, no response. My sister went to a local store to buy a heater, she’d been out the door 15 minutes and Sean turned up with a heater. Whilst Sean was still there she came back with the heater, so we had a €25 heater we now didn’t need. Sean did apologise for not texting back but no offer of a refund on the heater!!
We made use of the one hot water bottle and blankets all week.
There were lots of little niggles which all added up to a miserable week.
The apartment wasn’t that clean, shame I can’t upload photos to show you.
- the throws covering the settees needed washing
- the rug on the floor needed washing
- the kitchen cupboard had been wiped over but dirty streaks left on them
- dust on the painted doors
- units in the bathroom had seen better days
- rusty bathroom shelf, rust spot in the bath, covered by bath mat.
- air freshener in all the wardrobes and bathroom indicating a problem
- one of the two plug sockets in the kitchen was loose in the wall
- the bin lid was dirty not been wiped over from previous guests
I could go on. We had a problem with the table, which I won’t go into.
It was a good way from the front a good 15 minutes downhill, which meant coming back up was a hard slog. Town centre 20 minutes.
On the plus points
- a good Chinese restaurant at one end of the apartment block
- a bar at the other end (be warned, we were ripped off in this bar)
- local shop 5 minutes away
- small cafe over the road and up a bit, plus a bakery.
- the pools looked good, but we didn’t use them, it was too cold
For the money we paid we were very disappointed. First time I’ve used HomeAway, I’d be very wary of using them again if this is the standard of accommodation they put on their site!