1) it is close to the French Quarter, but I find the area not that nice to walk around. We needed to buy some water the night we arrived, my husband said there were people very drunk outside the closest convenient store, which was kind of scaring. 2) the apartment smells a lot of paint 3) the host team was well organized and responsive 4) my husband thinks for the price that we were paying, there should be personal that do some basic cleaning at least once every two days.