The home was about one block from a major highway and about a mile from the French Quarter. I would say the location was transitional in that there were more rundown homes than maintained homes. The unit was tastefully decorated and easy to access. The issues we had was there was no internet, cable television, dvd player in the unit and the air conditioner thermostat was not working so unit was either on(cold) or off (hot) which resulted in us not being able to spend too much time there other than to sleep. The host listed lives in California and he seemed to be apologetic, but the host's mother lived downstairs and was rude and dismissive.