Staying here felt like living in NOLA for real! A much nicer feel to it than a hotel. Really enjoyed the outside terrace area for chilling out, in between walking our feet off around town.
Location is great - very quiet and safe, with the occasional parade passing by which is fun if you can join.
Aircon a bit basic and noisy, but it worked! Loft space also pretty basic, with nowhere to hang clothes that we could see. But not really a problem, it's really roomy and we were only using it to sleep in!
Sadly Arianna was away for the duration, so it was a shame not to meet her, but she kept in touch by email in case we had any questions.
The spiral stairs to the loft were as described - really rather scary, particularly if you need to go down to the bathroom in the night (and yes, I did turn the light on...)!! Getting the suitcases up and down was also a bit dodgy, but we managed and that's all that matters.
Coming downstairs to be faced with a week's worth of washing up stacked all round the kitchen wasn't great, and the bathroom is somewhat er, hairy. Basically it's a bit studenty, but perfectly serviceable and I'd recommend staying here, particularly at the normal rate rather than the slightly higher Jazz Fest rate. I compared the costs of staying elsewhere in town, and we certainly got more space and a better location for our money than other places on offer.