First off, the good:

The space itself is fantastic. To have a fully private mini apartment with living room, kitchen, bedroom with ensuite and laundry room all to yourself for such a reasonable price is a great deal. The place is very secure and safe - with a security door and then a covered deck area and a second lock for the door of the apartment itself.

On top of that, the location is very convenient, whether you want to go into Marigny and Frenchmen st, or the other way into the quarter, both are easily walkable, with many good cafés and restaurants within 5-10 minutes away. Paul lives opposite, so that's convenient if you were ever in need of anything or there were some kind of emergency.

That all said, as with any great deal, there are some cons. And I will add the caveat that we did stay for 2 weeks, so we had more time to experience them. If you are in town for the weekend and simply using the place to get a few hours of sleep in before going back out to party, you'll probably never even notice this stuff. But we did!

1. Paul mentions in the listing that he has 2 dogs, and if you're not a dog person, don't stay here. Now, I've owned 3 dogs in my life and am very much a dog person, so I was more than happy to have them around. The problem is, they are *not trained at all.* I believe in the mantra "there are no bad dogs, only bad owners". Not that Paul is a bad person, but the dogs bark constantly, at the slightly provocation. They start around 8:30am on weekdays when Paul leaves, and bark every 30-60 minutes at anything - a passing person, someone on the phone opposite the street. And God forbid someone comes home, then they pretty much go insane with excitement. They stop barking around 11pm when Paul comes home and puts them inside his house.

2. There are rodents. Now, any time spent in NoLa will inform you that many of the houses in the area date to around 1890, and they're all raised, leaving space underneath for animals to seek shelter. But pretty much every night, as soon as the dogs stopped barking around 11pm, in bed we both heard the sound of scratching and scraping as the rodents starting moving around the kitchen / living room area.

That's pretty much it. Our stay was still great and these things probably wouldn't bother most people, but they did us, and so I personally will be looking for alternative listings next time we're in town.