The apartment itself was really nice and felt very homey. It was clean and comfortable.
Very nice kitchen with pretty much all the basics you'll want.

For the most part, Paul was very quick when it came to responding to messages. Unfortunately, this stopped about a day before we left, and it took him a really long time to get back to us about some issues we had with his dogs (more on that below).

Location-wise, it's about a 15-20 min walk from all the main stuff (Frenchman, Bourbon, etc) which is nice. We were able to walk to most places. The area seems a little sketchy, but we didn't run into any problems. Also, there is a gate that keeps strangers out, which is a nice feature to give you some piece of mind.

I really only have two big complaints that I felt affected our stay there. On the first day, we discovered that the bathroom door was broken and did not close. I alerted Paul about this and he told me that he was aware of the problem but had not gotten around to fix it. To me, this was a bad sign as a problem like that seems like something that should be fixed quickly, no questions asked. The door remained broken for our entire stay there.

My second problem was the dogs. Paul's dogs are cute and friendly, but they barked to no end. I'm assuming that they were barking out of loneliness (Paul was gone during most of our stay), but the dogs would not stop barking even when we tried calming them down and giving them attention. It got so bad that a neighbor eventually showed up and asked us to control them. We ended up having to just leave the apartment for the afternoon because the barking was so incessant that we could not stand it. They also liked to bark at night sometimes, which was very audible due to the walls feeling like they were made of tissue.

Aside from these issues, our time in New Orleans was awesome, and our stay at Paul's cottage was okay. I'm not sure if I'd stay there again, but I think it's fairly priced and allowed us to get the most of our stay in NO.