Meet Barbara
Outgoing, Sociable, Adaptable
We are a home from home and consider ourselves very honest and friendly and treat our guests as one of our own family. We just love meeting and making friends with people from all over the world.
On a typical day...
I have a very open house. My house is your house.
When I host guests...
I like to chat with them when they are home but have my own things going on.
Family Hobbies
Football, Golf, Cooking, Gardening, Reading
Hosting guests since
2010
Response Rate
50%
Response Time
Within a day
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About the Homestay
- Welcomes
- Males
- Females
- Couples
- Families
- Students
We have a 4 bedroom detached house covering 3 floors in a very nice area. I live with my husband and daughter but have another daughter that lives next door and a son that is married and has one little daughter.. We have a young small dog called poppy. At the end of our road we have a beautiful park with lakes and wildlife and many types of trees.
Please read our COVID rules of the household. Thank you
Additional Info
We live on a quiet road surrounded by cul de sacs and there is plenty of parking. We are an English speaking family.
My Pets
Dog
House Facilities
- Garden
- Bikes for use
- Laundry
- Patio
- Parking
- TV
- Internet Access
- Smoke alarm
- Smoke alarm on each floor
- Carbon monoxide detector
- Wheelchair Accessible
Bedrooms available for booking
About the Area
we are a 10 min walk to a collection of buses, shops, churches and shopping centres. we have a 4 bedroom detached house with a very large kitchen/diner. 3 w/c
Local Area Facilities
- Tennis
- Park
- Gym
- Golf
- Swimming
- Bowling
- Cinema
- Library
- Shopping Centre
- Sports arena
- Restaurant
- Bus Stop
- Hospital
Meals
Hosts can offer a complimentary light breakfast at their discretion. All other meals, including a full breakfast, might incur an additional cost, if offered. Meals and any additional payment should be arranged directly with your host.
Included in the stay
- Complimentary Light Breakfast
- Use of Kitchen
House Rules
I will not allow smoking in the house.
My guests may have use by arrangement of our laundry to wash their clothes.
I keep a tidy house and would wish that my guest respect that and keep their room in the same manner.
PLEASE NOTE that because of the COVID pandemic we have to change our sociable activities as a household. Our guests will now only have use of their bedroom and bathroom.. Our living areas are not available for the health and safety of both our guest and our family.. We,re so looking forward to the day that this will be over and we can get back to being normal again.
Smoking Rules
Your host is a non-smoker.
Smoking is allowed outdoors only.
79 Reviews
October 2022
This guest awarded the host 3 hearts but didn’t leave any comments.
Host reply
I found this lady very hard to get to know. Very quiet person and worked from her room. I asked on several occasions if there was anything I could get or do for her but it was always no. I found the situation uneasy and she left without even saying goodbye.
As you will see by all our reviews, that all of our guests have been very happy staying with us.September 2022
Very warm welcome and caring family. I was delighted to have spent a month there, I highly recommend.
Host reply
Thank you so so much Olivier. You were totally the perfect guest. We so enjoyed you staying with us. Spotlessly clean and tidy and always so happy. Your lovely plant is doing well. Thank you so much for the post card and hope you had a great holiday.
Good luck with your studies and I know you'll do really well.
Take care
Barbara and EamonnAugust 2022
Thank you so much Barbara for the lovely stay! You have a beautiful home and a beautiful family! My best regards to Eamonn, Donna and Puppy.
I highly recommend this homestay to anyone looking for a clean, calm and private space.
July 2022
This is without a doubt the best place to stay in Dublin. Barbara is a great as a host and as a person, her family is one of the nicest we ever met. The house is spotless clean and the room has everything you will need in your stay. The location es perfect, has 4 different buses you can take to the city centre, 2 different supermarkets within walk able distance and a beautiful park. Again this place is the best of the best, we loved our stay there.
June 2022
I had a great stay at Barbara's house. The room was lovely and always clean, the family was super friendly and helpful. It was like a second home to me. I can't recommend them enough!
Host reply
Thank you Gregoire. We're so happy that you felt at home. It's not easy during this COVID madness. You take care and good luck with your new job and your studies.
Barbara and eamonnDecember 2021
I had a perfect stay at Barbara's house. She is a great landlady, and her husband was always willing to help. The house is beautiful, the room is very confortable. Everything is clean and in order. The neighborhood is perfect for runners or hikkers, there is the Tymor park just a one block from the house. There is a bus stop at 400 mts from the house, you can take the bus 15A to downtown, and 16 to the airport.
I give 6 stars to Barbara's house, I would certainly recommend her place.
Thanks a lot!!! I had a wonderful time there.Host reply
Ariel.
You were a total pleasure to have as a guest. Spotlessly clean and so tidy. Most of the time I wouldn't even know you were with us.
Unfortunately your stay had to be adjusted to suit this Covid madness but I do hope it didnt seem too anti social to you. We're wishing you the very very best in your new job. Have a safe and healthy journey.
Take care
BarbaraSeptember 2021
I've stayed with Barbara for two weeks. It was a wonderful stay, Barbara, husband Eamonn and daughter Donna are very welcoming and friendly and didn't hold back whenever I needed something. They provide a very cozy environment for your stay. Interacting and chatting with them made me realize they form a beautiful family (I also got to know Barbara's daughter Shirley and her granddaughter as well). Then there is Poppy, the most cheerful dog you'll ever meet; I had plenty of fun with her and her playful welcomes were a sight of relief and warmth whenever I, dead tired from the day, came back to the house in the evening. The house is beautiful and very very well-kept and tidy and is in a tranquil neighborhood, with lots of green all around, and is very well connected with public transportation to both city center and the suburbs (bus routes 54a, 150 and 15a all within a few minutes walk).
I enjoyed my stay with Barbara thoroughly and I recommend her to anyone looking for a friendly and welcoming place to stay in Dublin. Thank you Barbara, Donna and Eamonn, hopefully we'll meet again soon. LeoHost reply
Thank you Leo so much for such a lovely warming review.
You were the perfect guest and slotted into our family perfectly.
I think you must have been one of the most obliging, clean, tidy and friendly person that we have had stay with us. We wish you the very best of luck in your future career as a Paramedic and please God we'll have you back to stay with us again some day.
All our love and best wishes.
The Clifford family.December 2019
We had a wonderful time and thank you for your kind hospitality.
November 2019
The place was very neat and tidy, very friendly and welcoming family. Located in good neighbourhood, close to shops, bus, park. Thank you for hosting me.
Host reply
Thank you Niitn for your lovely review.
You were the perfect guest and would certainly be welcome back anytime. Maybe next time we will get to meet. So sorry for my absence but I do hope that my husband was the perfect host.
Kind regards.
BabsOctober 2019
It was a pleasure to stay in such a beautiful home and I was made most welcome
Host reply
You were so welcome Phelim. It was a total pleasure to have you stay. Please do come back and stay with us again anytime. You'll be welcome. Take care. Barbara
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