While Sam was great at communication and addressed some of the issues that arose during our trip, the cons outweighed the pros for this stay.
First off, the photos in the listing are about 80% accurate as to what the space actually looks like. Upon arriving, we found that the house wasn't in the safest area of NOLA, which caused some concern for leaving our rented car on the street.
Second, the bedsheets had some tears in them, and the couch/pillows had stains.
Third, the floors in the home had massive gouges in them to the point where one of the guests tripped over them. In some of the rooms during the daytime, you can even see through the cracks in the floor to the ground under the house.
Fourth, the house is right next door to a huge parking lot, which normally wouldn't be a problem, except that the lot has huge, bright flood lights on all night long, which penetrate into one of the bedrooms. Additionally, there's significant noise from the parking lot in the morning too, whether it's cars starting every 2 minutes, or people walking and talking.
Fifth, the kitchen was missing some key items, including spoons, but oddly had (2) ice cream scoops in the utensil drawers.
Lastly, the water pressure in the showers is abysmal. We felt like we would have gotten a better clean if we had bathed ourselves in the kitchen sink rather than the showers. Water practically just trickles out of the shower head.
Again, I will say that Sam was very communicative in hearing our concerns, and even addressed a thermostat and water heater issue we had the same-day. For being in the area that it was, the home was adequate. However, the listing photos were not 100% representative of the actual space itself. For the amount of money we paid, I wouldn't say we would stay here again. However, if we had paid less, it would have been an acceptable "you get what you pay for" situation.