The reasonable price paired with the location made this partially finished basement the ideal spot to stay for our trip in New Orleans.
We performed minor maintenance to fix the toilet seat which was askew on the porcelain bowl when we first arrived and stopped in a pharmacy while enjoying the French Quarter to restock missing or low novelties such as toilet paper and dish soap.
The rustic furnishings are quaint and, although there’s no TV, you’ll be able to laugh along to sitcoms blaring in a neighboring unit as an unexpected 5:30 a.m. alarm.
The plastic sheeting covering the stairway was a surprise. On particularly windy nights, we realized that there was probably a hole in the roof, covered with tin sheeting, as you could watch the house “inhale” and “exhale.”
We got to know the lovely neighbors by way of our car window being broken out and glove box rifled through. Not only did we find our glass shattered, but so did at least two other drivers parked nearby. Although nothing was taken, the money we thought we were saving by staying here will now go to repairs. We asked the hosts — who were off-site on vacation out of the country — if this happened before and they said no; however, one neighbor said it happens quite frequently.
What can I say — you get what you pay for.