The host was very communicative about our arrival, as was his sister who lives nearby. The neighborhood is fantastic and the history of the apartment very charming. You can't ask for a better location when visiting New Orleans to have fun in the French Quarter yet also wanting quiet when you go home. Unfortunately, this is the end of the pros.

The apartment itself was dirty, sparsely furnished, and very musty. There were no proper curtains on our bedroom window (only a broken blind that we couldn't even rig into some sort of privacy shield), no screens in the windows, and the bathroom sorely needs an update. If you're tall (over 5'5"), get ready to duck if you want to wash your hair. The towels were thin and smelled like the filthy linen closet they were stored in. The beds were okay! One uncomfortable pillow per person. There were no bedside lamps, only overhead florescent lighting. The door was really tricky to lock and also seemed like it could be kicked in quite easily. The TV didn't work. We politely told the boyfriend stranger (you'll meet him in a second) and he told us to "play around with it." Duh, we did that! Still wasn't working.

Absolute worst part of the stay besides the cleanliness issue: Stephen informed us there would be a FedEx delivery on Monday, but not the size of said delivery nor the fact that we would encounter a stranger (the boyfriend of the host's sister) inside the house in the middle of the day waiting for it. It was so inappropriate. We actually had to deal with this delivery twice - the first time FedEx couldn't deliver the boxes to the boyfriend for whatever reason. Stephen offered us the cleaning fee back for this mishap- a nice gesture, but not exactly proper compensation. Especially since it seemed like a cleaning person hadn't visited the apartment prior to our arrival.

We definitely don't expect a 5 star hotel experience staying in an Airbnb apartment unless it expressly states that. However, decent cleaning and extra pillows seem like a no brainer. Definitely stay here if the host furnishes, updates, and properly cleans this place. It could be lovely if it were cared for.