Dublin Apartment for Two - our own holiday home

DUBLIN LET FOR 2

If you are looking for a quiet, well equipped (as a home from home) apartment,  10 to 15 mins by bus to Dublin city centre, suitable for two people, then our Dublinletfor2 might be the answer for you. Parking and wifi included.

Please don't be confused by the fact that this is on my English cottage website.  It is just one page for Dublin on there and the headings at the top relate to the cottage, not the Dublinletfor2.  On this one page you will find availability, the booking procedure and general information. We have a holiday apartment in a very conveniently placed location in Dublin, in the Donnybrook/Ballsbridge area. This is a very upmarket area of Dublin where houses in our road change hands in the several millions and it is popular with the foreign embassies as their Dublin base. My apartment which is in a seventies block in a private complex, built originally as an hotel (hence the large rooms) is 10 minutes on the bus to St Stephen's Green and Grafton Street or a leisurely walk (about a mile and half) through Georgian Streets. The aircoach from Dublin Airport stops yards from the door but if you want to hire a car for your stay then you have free parking (like gold dust in Dublin!) in a video monitored private car park in the apartment complex. This link shows you where Ailesbury Road is on Google maps.  We are at the top end, close to the river which can be seen in blue. Ailesbury Road straddles both Donnybrook and Ballsbridge.  

Booking details are at the bottom of this page.

Although a large apartment in terms of room size, we keep it just for a maximum of two people as it has only one bedroom.  Because we use it ourselves, although our personal stuff is all packed away, it is ready and waiting for 'instant living'. We want you to enjoy it as if it were your own holiday home, and as such, it is equipped with all the normal paraphernalia of a home, not as a bare holiday let with nothing in the kitchen drawers or cupboards.  You won't have to rush out to buy the salt, the sugar, the tea, the coffee etc as there is always a basic store cupboard ( not your entire holiday food!) and if you finish something you are just asked to replace it with something similar.

The kitchen is modern and well equipped. There is a dishwasher, two kinds of electric coffee machines, two non-electric ones (French press and hob top espresso pot) microwave, double oven, grill and hob.  There is Cable TV on a 32" HD Smart TV (I have a Chromecast dongle so you can watch Netflix if you have a subscription and your home TV stations if you have the slingplayer app on your device) and a DVD player in a large light-filled sitting room which overlooks leafy Ballsbridge. There is plenty of comfortable seating and a dining table for six, should you have visitors. The bathroom (installed in 2018) has a bath and and over the bath power shower, basin and loo and a heated towel rail.  There is a cloakroom as well with loo and wash basin and a washing machine. The bed is a super king base with two single mattresses, made up as an Austrian twin (separate duvets) so suitable for couples or close friends. 

Parking and wifi are provided free of charge. Broadband is fast and for unlimited downloads. We leave comprehensive folders of how things work, what buses to take, things to see and do and of course emergency numbers should you need any help. Upright Chappell piano so any pianists are welcome to play it. Bring your own music!

It is not a serviced apartment so if you are staying longer than a week then you manage your own change of linen and towels from the plentiful supplies provided.There is a washing machine in the cloakroom and drying racks - no tumble drier as washing dries incredibly quickly, especially if the central heating is on.

We do not aim to let this all year round but just enough to cover our service charges and expenses.  Therefore the starting days are completely flexible, subject to availability of course. Although I live in England I come over to personally clean and maintain the apartment to make sure everything is as near perfect as possible for your arrival.

Rates vary from €850 to €950 per week. Peak periods are St Patrick's Day Holiday time, Easter, Christmas and New Year.  Price table below gives the all inclusive price for a week's stay. There are no extra charges, save for those involved in the transfer of funds to pay for the let.  I only let on a weekly basis, because I travel from England for change arounds and maintenance. There are no hidden extras, no added cleaning fee, no security deposit ( currently, but this may change) and no 'service fee' as added on now by the major listing sites. Please enquire, having looked at the availability calendar.   Booking and payment details at the bottom of this page.

I no longer advertise on VRBO where I had 30 5 star reviews.  Some of these are now on Houfy.com/1034  I also briefly advertised on TripAdvisor where I had just four reviews, all five star.

WHAT'S ON - DUBLIN 2020 (a little summary with more to follow as times are announced)  

There were special exhibitions, tours and events to commemorate the Easter Rising of 1916 in the centenary year. Some of these have become permanent exhibitions so visitable in 2020 onwards also.

the Dublin Galleries:

Casino Marino

Chester Beatty Library

Douglas Hyde Gallery

Dublin City Gallery - Hugh Lane

Irish Museum of Modern Art

Royal Hibernian Gallery

Rua Red

The National Gallery of Ireland

Temple Bar Gallery and Studios - all of these have changing exhibitions throughout the year.

For foodies: Have a look at the Delicious Dublin website.

There are many parks in Dublin.  Our local one (five minutes walk to get to it) is Herbert Park. 

There is a Farmer’s Market every Sunday from 11am to 4pm in Herbert Park.  Lovely in the summer as you can sit on the grass and eat a delicious freshly-cooked lunch. Herbert Park is a great place to go jogging.  It covers 32 acres and the jogging/walking circuit is just about a mile although if you take all the paths and meander you will cover a much greater distance.  There are outdoor tennis courts, a football pitch, playground, croquet, boules and family trails.  It is a lovely place to go for a wander.  There is a large pond with ducks on and countless trees and flower beds with handy benches if you need a rest.

Suggestions for a day out in Dublin

 For scenic train trips on the Dart try these suggestions 

and more events to follow, but here are a few

Email through my booking form on this page, not on the Sansome Cottage booking page! Please let me know your preferred dates.  If these are available and you indicate that you would like to book I then ask you to download the booking form from this page (below), in conjunction with the pdf of the terms and conditions/contract.  I would expect submission of the booking form within 48 hours and initiation of the deposit payment. A deposit of 25% of the rental rate (33% for Easter and Christmas periods) is required to secure a booking and the balance is due 12 weeks in advance of the arrival date.  If I don't receive the booking form and receipt (or initiation of) payment within 48 hours then I assume that you are no longer interested and no longer hold the place.  I allow 7 days between the initiation of the payment and receipt but please tell me this has been done and how!

I can take credit card payments through another listing site (the rates are necessarily a little more here) Houfy.com/1034 when I have this sorted...

Bank to bank transfers within the EU are free through SEPA. All other types of transfers are also made in Euros to my Dublin account. Please ask for my Bank details. There is a receiving charge at my bank of 10 Euros per transfer for non-Euro overseas transfers, so I ask you to add this to your payment.  Of course domestic transfers, Euro transfers from the EU or payment by Irish cheque are fee free.

The cost of transferring money can be greatly reduced by using a service such as Transferwise , xetrade or Xoom and with some of the currency exchange services (they aim to beat the banks at their own game!) you can use a credit card. There is no charge at my end if the money is deposited in my bank already converted to Euros.  Please ask me for details.  The price you see here is the price you pay (excluding transfer costs, if any).   Canadians have recommended http://www.canadianforex.ca/ to me. The 1st transfer made through Transferwise is free if you use my referral link https://transferwise.com/u/felicitya4  For a small fee, Transferwise also let you use a credit card.

I pencil in bookings which are more than a year in advance and confirm a year ahead.  Only at this time do I ask for a deposit (25% of the booking). The second payment is due 12 weeks in advance of arrival. Here is a link to  Dublin online booking form.  

and a download for the Terms and Conditions Dublin 

Reviews here .  Houfy is a relatively new site which is completely without any service fees to guests and set up to counter against the big corporations - online travel agents - intent on squeezing both ends for profits.  In its early days, it caters mainly for North American properties.  I can take credit cards through there.

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