The apartment is beautifully decorated, and has almost too much space for the number of people it accommodates. And it is in a lovely residential area of New Orleans. However, is advertised as non-smoking. This is, of course, a direction to guests...and thus, true. But this rental is not smoke free. The owners smoke, seemingly heavily, as the apartment has that old smoke smell to it. The bathroom, though, is literally smoky. You would swear someone was in the room smoking. Airbnb should have a question for hosts about smoking on the properties at large. This made it impossible for us to hang out at the place more than to sleep.
We had to email twice about no hot water. There was no hot water for us for the first of our four mornings there. Which frankly is a HUGE deal. Then, upon the second email, the response was that there was “usually” enough hot water. This left us feeling like they know they need a larger water heater to accommodate the Airbnb rental, but just kinda hope their guests don’t shower at the same time as they do.
Its a good neighborhood, and you feel safe in it. But it is very residential. Great for walking and looking at various architectural styles. It’s not super near much. It’s a good spot if you have a rental car—easily reachable are a number of good coffee/shopping/dining neighborhoods within a ten to fifteen minute drive.