This was not a good experience. We were looking for something affordable and not something glamorous during our stay in New Orleans. The listing and photos and many reviews had us thinking we found a "Gem." Our first impression is that this is the most rundown house on an otherwise decent looking street. For example, every other house looked well cared for, i.e. freshly painted, swept porches, screen doors that fully close. However, this house was the only one that had paint chipping off and even some trash and cigar butts on the porch. Our experience led to us leaving two nights earlier out of the four expected.
The beginning of this listing showed pictures of a different time, or a filter across the property. This property shows pictures of a rug in the living room, bare windows offering plenty of light, different furniture, and hardwood floors bright and gleaming. What you will find, are door frames that look like they've been broken in with latches barely hanging on in the wood, curtains stapled to all windows, and also brown paper stapled to a few as well. The living room contains holes in the wall from a rocking chair that was rocked too vigorously, holes that were mentioned in a review all the way back to 2020 by Jasmine. The issue with the unsafe locks (even a hook that has no locking hoop) has been mentioned in previous reviews as well. The kitchen was nice and isn't too different from the pictures other than a red fridge with broken handles and an outlet with no outlet cover. Both the kitchen and bathroom are described as being renovated, but the bathroom leaves a lot to be desired and makes you question the definition of renovated. The property does have a washer and dryer, but you would be able to miss this due to the fact that they are outside in a shack. The property did not have any instructions anywhere or any kind of hospitality booklet that you see at most other listings. Everything I'm mentioning here could be easily fixed. I paid $364.70 for my stay here as I didn't get all of my money back. The money here from just my stay could help pay for actual curtain rods, wood to fix the door frames, a drywall patch kit, an outlet cover, and even new locks. Delving deeper into previous reviews, you will see many calling this a great stay and some even using the word "Gem." This is not the correct usage of this word.
The good things about this property shouldn't go unmentioned. You are going to be extremely close to drive to the French Quarter, City Park, and some other cool things in the area. The neighborhood looks relatively safe and is just down the road from several food joints including an amazing cheesesteak hut called Trilly's Cheesesteaks that even had vegan cheesesteaks for my vegan wife. There were some board games in a drawer, and while one of them was missing some of the pieces, there were some activities that could entertain for a night.
Overall, this is a place to one day visit, but not yet. While we seemed to be in a safe neighborhood, it felt very unsafe due to the locks and obviously damaged door frames. Our biggest issue was the overall lack of care which became even more infuriating after reading previous reviews like Sam in Jan. 2021, Jasmine in Aug. 2020, and Duy in Jan. 2020. We ignored some of the bad reviews due to the overwhelming amount of positive reviews when booking since we are easy going people that understand not every property will be perfect and can still enjoy a new place. Between my wife and I, we have stayed at more than 20 places and have generally good experiences. For whatever reason, there is a collective lack of comfort in leaving negative reviews when a listing deserves them. This is our only explanation for why this property is so highly rated when it has had issues for more than a year.