We stayed at Hollis’s place for 6 nights. Upon arrival, around 10pm, Hollis greeted us from the couch and pointed us to our room. We brought in our luggage and got situated in the room. When we ventured back out a few minutes later he had already left. There were other guests out in the common area and we were able to get information from them such as the access code to lock/unlock the door, Wi-Fi password, and which bathroom to use.
The next morning Hollis stopped by to clean and we had a pleasant chat. He gave us useful info regarding neighborhoods, local politics, and interesting places to check out, and said if we needed anything to call him anytime. He was in and out during our stay, stopping by every day for cleaning the kitchen and bathroom, and picking up in general. The place smelled wonderful. We did notice however that there was a problem with what was either fruit flies or gnats. We asked if there was a spray or something we could use and he explained that he had an ongoing seasonal battle with them and we discussed possible causes/solutions. The house is kept clean and orderly, however without any recourse against the gnats except for shooing them away from our faces every couple minutes, we were very frustrated after a few days and found it hard to relax indoors.
The house is in a good geographical location, about 10 minutes by car to the French Quarter and the street is quiet. The room was as described, however some amenities in the listing were unavailable such as shampoo and access to the washing machine.
The night before we were to leave Hollis knocked on our room to inform us of check out time and asked if there was anything else we needed before leaving, as he would be unable to see us off the next morning.