The house was a dream, especially compared to the rest of the neighborhood, which is located fairly well but definitely has a unsafe vibe to it at night, but in many ways that is simply most of the city of New Orleans and we can confirm we experienced no criminal activity. Seems like a neighborhood in the midst of gentrification. While the house was above expectations, unfortunately, we, as first time Airbnb users failed to pay extra close attention to the house rules and admittedly left the house in the same condition someone would leave a hotel room, messy but definitely without any damage. Our experience with the owner to remedy our mistakes was not very pleasant and we definitely feel like there was an over-dramatization of the state of the home and what was required to clean it (which given that our worst offense was leaving some towels on the bathroom floor, a few pieces of trash out in the kitchen, a couple of to-go boxes in the fridge and the beds unmade, is nothing outside of what any cleaning service would be able to accomplish in 15 minutes of basic cleaning a home, at least in our experience). For us this was a lesson learned that Airbnb is not the same as a hotel and that you need to be very careful to pay attention to the hosts rules and expectations. Had we done this more effectively we probably would have just stayed in a hotel as the hassle post departure has really turned us off the experience of Airbnb. Also, we were promised and expected a welcome gift basket and some bottled waters and unfortunately received neither with no explanation. Also there was a lizard in one of the beds and hairs from the previous tenant or owner found in the master shower and bed. Not a huge deal but in the context of knowing what we know now, it's definitely worth mentioning that expectations go both ways and weren't met perfectly by either party. But again, to be fair, we failed to follow the rules strictly as we did not recognize the need to read a booklet of rules and the house itself is a gem in a mixed income neighborhood. Would recommend to anyone with the added advice to read the rules closely, take lots of pictures immediately upon arrival and immediately prior to departure. If that doesn't sound reasonable to you than just go get a hotel room closer to the French Quarter and enjoy a less stressful experience.