Good points: spacious, close to a great store, French Quarter, Bywater, transportation, lots of Hot water, washer/dryer, fast response from the hostess, the music is LOUD but we were prepared for that. What we weren’t prepared for were:
Numerous bad points: As previous guests have noted, the house is worn and poorly maintained, a big hole in the ceiling of one bedroom, hole in the floor in front of the toilet that rocks as it sits on a piece of plywood, most of the windows do not lock (another guest, Vicky June 2017, complained about this and Zalia’s response was to falsely respond that the windows do lock…not true), the beds are pretty uncomfortable, worn out linens/towels, very poorly equipped kitchen (no microwave, no large bowls or pots, only one Teflon frying pan that is too scratched to cook in), no soap (the host said to look under the bathroom sink and I found a bowl of used pieces of soap…yuck!), the shutters are falling off the building (another guest, Patrick, complained about this in March 2018, only to get a response from Zalia that the shutters are old and are beautiful and decorative). Seriously??… old NOLA buildings shutters are beautiful and maintained…not these which were in total decay and falling off the building.
Two of the four of us staying here are Airbnb hosts (I’m a Superhost) and were shocked at how poorly maintained and equipped the flat was. I can’t imagine leaving my guests with an apartment this dirty and dis-shelved. When I text Zalia about not having large pots and the only frying pan was scratched Teflon, her only response was dismissive, “So, I’m guessing you’re not happy with the place”. If my guest text me about needing utensils for the kitchen, I would have immediately run down to a store and spent $50 to provide these basic amenities. I get the feeling the host doesn’t really care. I realize New Orleans homes are old, but two other groups of friends rented homes in town on Airbnb and had beautiful places.
As for myself and my friends…we would not recommend this place and are shocked it has such high ratings. The entire place could easily be much improved with a deep cleaning and some building repairs and purchases (towels, soap, microwave, pots/pans, etc.). As another guest commented…” Whole feel of the building is one of neglect/run down/don’t care attitude. Would not recommend it except for a frat hangout.”