We moved in for a long term 7 week stay in January 2019.
We shared a number of concerns with owner
One set of sheets was provided. The elastic on the sheets is so stretched out that they do not stay on the bed and you end up sleeping on a very old mattress pad Prior to buying a set of sheets, for a couple of days I used safety pins to keep them in place on the mattress. The sheets need to be upgraded.
The bed is comfortable.
No bath towels in house. There is an abundance of 2 X 4 foot “hair towels”. Owner was convinced bath towels exist. They don’t. We bought our own.
The kitchen is basic – glasses, dishes and mugs, pots/pans, 4 cooking utensils, colander, 1 mixing bowl, blender, coffee pot, toaster. I asked for containers for storing food in fridge, knife sharpener, 4 wine glasses. No accommodation of request
The place needs a good spring cleaning. The bathroom vanity storage area was a mess and it smelled. I pulled everything out - the shelf liner was literally stuck to the bottom of the vanity base. I soaked the existing rubber shelf liner and the water turned black. Base boards were dusty – range hood was greasy. As a result of our long term stay the place was cleaner when we left than when we arrived. The place overall needs a thorough cleaning.
Despite 7 week stay – no vacuum. Upon request 1 was delivered, that was clogged and did not work, even after removing clogs. We used broom to clean.
No info on when to put trash or recycling curbside. Owner did not know when asked. We asked the neighbors. BTY: Trash out on T and F. Recycling out on Th.
You can hear music and voices through the walls from the folks who live next door. The neighbors were gone a lot, which ended up being great for our stay – they do have a dog that barks and cries from time to tome. We did not share this with anyone. No doubt the neighbors could hear us as well…
The house is in an amazing location, great for parade viewing on Magazine Street and with walk ability to a great gym, movie theater, St. Charles Street streetcar, and grocery store, restaurants – really everything you could need.
With a little attention and perhaps a small financial investment, it could certainly be improved. We loved our stay in NOLA...we booked a different house for next year.