House Rule 14 explains it all—“sight unseen, no refunds”. The images of this property are dated and do not accurately reflect the neighborhood or street the property sits on, and in my opinion, this is manipulative. The property is nestled in an area that looks like Katrina was last week, and I should not have had to check-in to make this discovery.
The host should never allow for patrons to roll into this setting without fair warning and then, refuse refund with a “sight unseen” house rule that serves to protect him from the misrepresentation of the images of the property, and full disclosure of the area.
The property had its fair share of flying insects (not flies) that, when you killed three, 5 more appeared. There were cobwebs in the window seals, and a huge water stain running down the side of the wall in the kitchen. The shower was very small, and the sink drained super slow. Steps from the French Quarter is really a 26-28 minute walk, but finding a park was ridiculous, and leaving your car for long periods of time, I wouldn’t recommend. Every time we left the property, sketchy looking men, who were trying to sell random odds and ends flirted with us.
It would have been better for us to have stayed at a hotel, and that would probably be true for anyone else considering staying here, especially women! This experience taught me a valuable lesson in doubling checking with Google street views before taking descriptions at their word.
Today’s Cajun restaurant was by far the best thing that happened to my stay!