One of the beauties of New Orleans is how the sacred and profane coexist and overlap in all kinds of settings. Joe's place is like that. Well-appointed artistically-themed rooms, with no kitschy jazz posters or touristy pictures of The Quarter-it feels very much like a home .
The apartment is in a real New Orleans neighborhood, Broadmoor (bordering on now trendy Freret), gentrifying to be sure, but perfectly safe, and quite centrally located, 15 min. to anything you would want to do in the City by car. New quality appliances as well. Total square footage is somewhere between 1000 and 1200. Master BR has en-suite bathroom and 48” wide bed*, and private stairway down to walled carport. 2nd bedroom has 54” wide bed and 3rd bedroom (“kids” bedroom with an old-timey circus theme that adults will enjoy too) with two twin 36” beds.
We know N'awlins pretty well so we didn't really need to ask Joe any questions, although the guide to neighborhood restaurants that he provided looked solid. He greeted me at the door when I arrived and was quite the gentleman. We had a small problem with one of the bedroom doorknobs and Joe had it fixed right away.
There was a bit of noise outside late at night at one point, but this is New Orleans and that is to be expected in most neighborhoods unless you want to stay in Metarie, near the lake or some other suburban area.
No complaints. Highly recommended.
*note: this may be a tight fit for a couple used to a queen (63”) or king (78”) size bed.