The place is extremely clean, comfortable and looks exactly like the pictures. Good coffee was provided. Shower worked. Washer and dryer worked. This is a secure building which needs a code to enter the lobby. Internet was a bit so-so, but that may be the city or the neighborhood, from what I've heard. We didn't have a car, but there appeared to be plenty of street parking. We have a family member in the neighborhood, so it was a perfect location. Bywater is a groovy part of town, and I suppose this building would be a symbol of "gentrification" - but I guess that's just a fact in New Orleans these days. If you are looking for a true New Orleanian type of home - wood sidings, front porch, view of the street, etc. - this is not that place, and you may consider this to be corporate or sterile. The bedroom is enclosed (no windows) and the view from the main room is of the swimming pool (nice pool, by the way). But N.O. charm awaits outside. Cool neighborhood with lots of good food, places to hang out, NOLA charm, archetecture, beauty, potholes, etc. in walking distance. Cresent Park is a couple of blocks away and if you walk it a mile or two to one end (having been to NOLA a few times I know better than to attempt to use words such as North, South, East or West) you'll end up at the African Marketplace and N.O. Jazz Museum. Elizabeth's is amazing for breakfast. The Sneaky Pickle is a few blocks away, as is the Parleaux Brewery. Bywater Bakery is a couple of blocks away. Speaking of gentrification, there are also some cool performance spaces in the lower 9th, which is not far away. Uptown/ Magazine street - that whole area - is the other side of town and will require a car to get there. I guess I am now part of the gentrification problem.