We enjoyed Angela’s home. We stayed for the whole month of July 2021. Please read the whole review as I will be giving important feedback about our stay below.
Positives:
1. if you like walking this is a great place to stay to experience different towns in NOLA. The house is closer to hipster towns such as St. Claude and the two of Marigny. We were able to explore more towns by staying here rather than staying in the French Quarter (FQ). The walk is not bad. I’d say it’s about a mile or 1,5 mile walk to FQ.
2. Two bedroom with bedroom doors! That’s a gem!
3. Lovely next door neighbors.
4. Walking distance to bars and restaurants in Marigny. Capulet is a few steps away. It’s nice to have a bar close for comfort. The food and cocktails are great. We also loved going to Bywater Bakery which is also close by.
5. No pet fee!!!! This was very selling! She’s a dog lover and has her own dog! Dog lover people always are good people to me!
Angela was very available, hospitable and very great at communicating. Here are some of the downfalls during our stay. For the price we paid we wanted to experience more comfort in the home but there were little annoyances. Some were taken care of during our stay and I believe she’s in the process of fixing the AC vents after we left. I believe that “super hosts” must have the following necessities but she didn’t.
1. Place did not have first aid kit, there was only one roll of toilet paper. Not enough to accommodate guests for a few days stay. No clothing iron. Sugar packets were hardened. No olive oil. A few pieces (3) of trash bags. We requested for toilet paper and trash bags and clothing iron. She was very quick at providing them upon request. We bought olive oil, sugar, umbrellas and left them at her place for future renters.
2. If you want somewhere super quiet then the train may bug you. We are psychologists and needed a quiet place during our sessions and the train noise was manageable.
3. We were very worried about the AC vent leaking in both rooms. There were droplets of water coming out of the vents. She was getting them checked out during our stay so this was very inconvenient. I wish it was fixed before we came but oh well. It’s also scary to see that there’s a leak, you never know if there’s mold growing in the piping or vents. No one wants to get mold illness. We heard this illness Is completely debilitating. Angela assured us that there was no mold issue according to HVAC employee reports. So this was reassuring. The only thing I didn’t like is that she knew that there was a leak but didn’t fix it before we came.
4. The ceiling fan was broken and she knew this was also broken but didn’t fix it before we came. She got them fixed during our stay. Again, great but it was an inconvenience.
Tip: please ask that the AC vents are no longer leaking before you decide to stay.
She gave us $100 credit which was a good gesture. We still would have preferred that these issues were fixed prior to our stay given her awareness of them being broken.
Overall, we loved her house and we enjoyed Angela’s kindness, hospitality and her being very communicative.
Our fave bars in town; Anna’s. N7. And I forget the other bar names, sorry!
We love NOLA! But we will probably stay in Magazine street area next visit!
Thanks Angela!