The best thing about this property is the location. It’s about 5 miles from the Quarter, but reachable by 2 convenient Streetcar lines. It’s a short walk to City Park, the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Children’s Museum, a lovely sculpture garden, Cafe Du Monde, Greenwood Cemetery, and all the bars and restaurants in the Mid-City. It’s fairly quiet and feels fairly safe. Both the front door and the door to the room are opened with a punch code (no human interaction), so even though we arrived three hours late - due to a delayed flight - we were able to easily access the house and our room.
This property is actually a room in a small hotel (which has no services, i.e. breakfast, concierge, etc.). The room is spacious and is appointed with a coffee maker (coffee, creamer, sugar, and filters), a small fridge, and a microwave. There is a private bathroom with a nice shower. Shampoo and soap are provided - bring your own if you need additional toiletries.
Dear owner: please consider adding thoughtful shelving and/or hooks as there is little storage/counter space on the pedestal sink.
The big problem is the bed. Dear owner, please rebuild or replace the understructure of the platform bed. There is no medial support down its center (from headboard to foot), and a few 1x4s cross-hatched to provide support, along with 2x2 dowels and lateral ¼” plywood slats don’t count. Every movement atop the mattress produced a snap, crackle or pop, leading us to feel that the whole platform would break and crash to the floor at any moment. Additionally, the mattress needs to be replaced - it sags a good 5” in the middle. I mean, I like sleeping next to my husband, I just don’t like sleeping NEXT to my husband. The incredible dip in the middle gave new appreciation to the phrase “crawling out of bed.” There is no good sleep on this bed; my back is still misaligned.
We love the area and the property itself. Would love it more (and return) if the bed were replaced.
