Our host was awesome! Vince met us at the door and walked us in showed us around. He was very laid back and made us feel really comfortable. He was also very responsive and helpful with tips for places to eat and getting around New Orleans. The place was exactly as described. As they say, it is an old building but it is being preserved beautifully. If you can appreciate staying in a historic home, you will be okay. If you come expecting hotel quality, this will fall short. For us, the charm of the house and super convenient location was wonderful and helped us fall in love with New Orleans. We were able to walk almost everywhere from here and there were some cool bars right down the block. Vince provided earplugs which were very helpful. There wasn't really any partying noise just normal city noise. After the first two nights I didn't even need the earplugs anymore. Overall, this was a great house to stay in and a great trip to the NOLA.