Exactly what I wanted for a business trip to NOLA (with some sightseeing)! The place only a block or two from a more major road with a tramcar and at least basic food options. I would encounter a few homeless people in the area on my evening walk home, but it was a major enough area I never felt too unsafe. For convenience I did take a Lyft/Uber back home from dinner in the French Quarter (would have been at least a half hour walk), but the ride was less than $10.
The room itself was simple and clean, and the rest of the house (back-house used otherwise only for work, as mentioned) had tons of nice art and flair. I never met Joshua, but he did a great job of putting me in touch with a roommate who greeted me and sat down for a minute with me to chat about New Orleans, life, art, etc.