My family and I came down to New Orleans for our kids February break. My husband and I lived in NOLA while I attended graduate school a few years back and we were excited to have our kids experience the city. We got Uptown around 6 pm and had no trouble getting into Derek and Julie's place-we actually met Julie on our way in and she was great! The apartment is below Derek and Julie's main house and the space was great! There are 3 bedrooms so plenty of room for the 5 of us (my husband and I, two kids, and my mother-in-law). The weather was amazing so we were out and about a ton, we really only came back to sleep. Derek and Julie do have a dog, the apartment is below the main house so you will definitely hear foot traffic FYI. Great fun and excellent location to St. Charles Street for parades/street car. Also very close to Magazine Street for dining and shopping (District Donuts I will never be the same after your King Cake donut!)