We’ve stayed in NOLA many times before and really value the city, history, music, and people! We’ve stayed in a few Airbnb’s and this one was our least favorite. It was more of an apartment than a house, new construction with builder grade material, and felt very cookie cutter. It was very clean and minimal. It had the overwhelming smell of bleach so we had to open the windows when we got there. One of the closets smelled like someone had just smoked in it. I was glad to only be there a couple days because there were no basic cleaning supplies for us to use, plungers, brooms, condiments in the fridge, extra blankets, or anything like that- it was more like a generic hotel than a local experience. The neighborhood was older, many of the homes were falling apart, the house next door was abandoned and overgrown. It felt like gentrification in a neighborhood that was otherwise not like that.
It just was not what we were expecting given our previous experiences in New Orleans. It was really close to everything we did want to experience. It was new, clean, and freshly painted. Mornisha was very polite in all our exchanges. It might be the perfect fit for someone who is just looking for a clean place to stay who doesn’t so much care about getting the NOLA experience from their lodging.