A cute, shotgun double adjacent to some extremely high end neighborhood convenient to the sites of New Orleans. The street can be busy, but is somewhat quiet. I felt relatively safe, but as always stay alert. Thomas was generous to open his property to my entire family... daughter and fur babies..as we stayed in transition before closing on my house.
The parking is great and accommodated our two cars
The house has reasonable amenities but read the other reviews about cooking items, bath items leftover from previous guests, worn out towels and linens. I had to use the iron and it didn't work well... got hot but no steam. Handle the antique built in and very cool ironing board with care.
The cleaning needs some improvement... there were crumbs on the counter behind appliances and there are leftover food items in the fridge that probably need to be gone through. The bathroom cabinets need to have items gone through and the linens better folded and stored. There was a good amount of dust buildup on the shelves...we only knew because we cleaned throughout our stay to keep up with animals. We also found dirty dishes in the cupboard so recommend you check. The bathroom shower curtain had pink growth at the bottom and needs replacement.
There were a good amount of maintenance issues like stained yellow curtains, rotten decking on the back entry and trash bins-3 of them- completely full.
The most uncomfortable part of the stay was the climate control - or limitations therein. As mentioned in another review, the AC in the front is a rock star... quiet and effective. The only other unit in the kitchen is loud but relatively effective...for the respective room. The other two rooms have only ceiling fans which we cranked to circulate whatever air we could buy the temperature in those rooms were as hot as outside. The room with a thermostat read 87...as hot as outside. The animals did everything to stay cool... sprawled out on floors more than we usually see and a lot of panting. We were very happy to move in to our house and have real climate control!
Thomas was not very communicative, but he is kind. We ran out of toilet paper and contacted him... there were no additional rolls except the one...he said he would drop by that day or next and we never saw him. There also was no hand soap dispenser in the kitchen nor was there any dish soap for washing dishes by hand... only a hand soap refill jug which I had to use with raw chicken covered hands... not convenient. The laundry had soap but no fabric softener or dryer sheets. There was no mop or Swiffer to tidy during our stay either.
We enjoyed the house, but as for amenities, I don't rate it high.
A final note mentioned in other reviews is the TV entertainment...the antenna had very limited viewing options...a fire stick or Roku would be nice.
Enjoy NOLA!