DeDe’s would easily rate 5 stars if it were not for the setting. Everything is brand new. The bed is comfy. The appliances and AC work perfectly. It’s a 10-minute walk to the Quarter, 30 min or so to Frenchmen St. The manager Truedell and her assistants are total sweethearts. But for us, these positives were outweighed by the seedy neighborhood and the noisy freeway. The ‘hood is full of abandoned houses, trashy lots, and dead cars (check it out on Google Earth – find the intersection of Claiborne and St Ann, look north of I-10). There are few services aside from the ghetto liquor store selling pints of booze and single cans of beer. No one reading this would feel safe walking here at night. An Uber driver told us it is “not a good area.” (Btw, we’re from Oakland CA so we’re plenty familiar with funky city environments.) The house is fairly quiet during the day, but early mornings are another matter: an I-10 onramp is 50 feet behind the house and the freeway itself is 100 yards away. The roar of traffic starts around 5 am; trucks vibrate the bedroom, making it tough to sleep off a night on Frenchmen St. Deidra assured us that freeway noise is not a problem, but I would bet my bottom beignet that she has never spent a night here. Also, if you decide to book, watch your wallet. The price on the listing was $89 per night, but the response to our first inquiry for a 3-week stay was that “our price is $99”. When we finally booked a 10-day stay later the same day, it had gone up to $116. Deidra said that was a “typo.” Time was getting tight and we ended up paying about $105.