1.5 Blocks from French Quarter, Historic 2 BR 2 Bath Shotgun House

1.5 blocks from the French Quarter, this 850 square foot charmer has 12-foot ceilings, 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, with a brand-new interior with a stunning crystal chandelier, and all modern amenities. High-end finishes and top-of-the-line appliances give you a luxury experience.

This 1913 Shotgun house has been lovingly restored in 2025-2026 using the same 200-year-old techniques used to construct the original houses in the French Quarter. The windows and doors were hand-crafted with mortise and tenons by a master carpenter, all to the French Quarter specifications for historic properties.

Walk to Jackson Square, Bourbon Street, and all the great shopping and restaurants of the French Quarter as well as local favorites like Holy Diver.

Main bedroom has a king bed and en-suite bath with custom tiled shower.

2nd bedroom has a queen bed and a bathroom with a custom tiled shower. This bathroom also opens to the hallway.

Kitchen has a gas stove, dishwasher, microwave oven, wine fridge, and an LG refrigerator with filtered water and round ball craft ice maker. A reverse osmosis faucet gives you absolutely pure water, which also feeds the dedicated ice maker, which gives you crystal clear ice cubes for your cocktails and cooler. Quality cocktail and wine glasses round out the barware.

This is my vacation house, so some of my personal items are there.

Plenty of toiletries, laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent, cleaning supplies, paper towels, toilet paper, salt, pepper, dried spices, cling wrap, foil, Ziplock bags, and all the basics are included. This is not one of those places where you immediately need to go to the store and spend $100 on basics. Please replenish as necessary. Full size washer and dryer.

St. Bernard Avenue is a party street, and there is often street noise and loud music. New Orleans is an urban city, and all that comes with a big city. Please be careful and use common sense, particularly after dark. The house has a Simpli Safe alarm system, with monitored exterior security cameras, motion detectors, glass-breaking detectors, and fire and carbon monoxide detectors. There are no interior cameras of any kind.

Management and maintenance team are local in case of problems, and owner, while not local, is responsive.

House Info and Rules:

Street Parking: There is street parking in front of the property on St. Bernard, or by the back gate on Columbus. Columbus isn't as busy and the gate has a code, so it is easier to park back there. The back gate has a fleur-de-lis painted on it (see photos) so you'll know when you're at the right place.

The house includes complimentary Wifi:

network: ATTBvxTWUE
Password: e6stnf6wh23?

Television: see instructions below.

St. Bernard is a party street. The street noise can be loud but generally stops by 11 pm. Sunday evenings are especially busy.

Laundry: Washer and dryer are in the closet off the back porch. The combination to the lock is 0-10-24. Laundry soap is under the kitchen sink. After you do a load, run the Vent cycle.

Ice Machine: Help yourself to ice. If it stops working or behaves oddly, let me know. The freezer has round craft ice in the lefthand top side.

Reverse Osmosis Water System: The spigot to the right of the kitchen faucet dispenses pure, RO water. It also feeds the ice machine. The water and ice in the refrigerator door are filtered.

Liquor: Help yourself to any of the liquor, except the Blanton’s and the liquor in the bottom cupboard which is labeled "not for you," but please replenish any that you use. If you would like Blanton’s, you can purchase it at Total Wine in Metarie. First make sure it’s in stock. If you drink the "not for you" liquor, it's $200 per bottle.

Supplies, Pantry and Freezer: Help yourself to whatever is in the house. Please replenish what you use and let me know if something runs out.

No Smoking or Vaping: No smoking/vaping of any kind in the house or anywhere which could result in smoke smell inside the house. If you smoke, please do so outside. Dispose of smoking materials properly and without bringing any smoking debris inside. The evidence of smoking, smoking materials, or the smell of smoke inside the house will result in a $250 charge to your credit card.

Trash: Put the trash can and recycling bin in the street on Wednesday night. Pick up is early Thursday morning. Put recycling in the blue recycling bin. There is a sign on the refrigerator as to what recycling is accepted. The city does not accept glass in the recycling bin.

Glass Recycling is at Glass Half Full at 3935 Louisa Street, New Orleans, LA 70126 open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 9-4 pm. They take glass, #1 & #2 plastics, and clean cardboard. Please rinse all containers (wash if necessary).

Mardi Gras Display: The glass cabinet above the bar contains hand-decorated Mardi Gras throws. These are a coveted part of New Orleans culture, fragile, and damage to any piece will result in a $250 damage fee. Help yourself to any of the Mardi Gras beads in the gold Chevas Regal cup (free, enjoy).

Damage and Missing Items: Sadly, I’ve had problems with this in the past. Damaged and missing items will be charged to your credit card. I understand that accidents happen, and a broken plate or glass is no big deal. Just let me know. Missing TV remotes, silverware, Mardi Gras throws, etc. will be charged. Honestly, it’s been weird. Don’t be weird, please. If I’ve got something you can’t live without, please just ask. We can work something out.

The blue chairs are very old and I think those are coffee stains made by Great Aunt Opal, who was 4’9” and lived to be 106. They won’t come out and they’re not your fault.

Check Out Instructions:

Put trash and recycling outdoors, in their respective bins.

Load and run the dishwasher, as you check out, even if it isn’t full.

Television:
There are separate remotes for the TV, TV Sound, and DVD/Blu Ray player.

The TV is slow to warm up and come on, but it will come on. Be patient. To watch TV:

• Turn on the TV
• Turn on the Denon receiver (separate remote control)
• On the Denon receiver remote press the "TV AUDIO"
• Using the TV remote, navigate to the streaming service that you want to watch
• There is no cable.

To Watch a Blu-ray or DVD

• Turn on the TV - takes a very long time to warm up
• Turn on the Sony Blu-ray player (separate remote)
• Turn on the Denon receiver (separate remote)
• On the Denon receiver remote, press "DVD/Blu-ray"
• With the Sony blu-ray player remote, press the open/close button
• Put the DVD into the tray.
• Press open/close again on the Sony DVD remote
• On the TV, navigate to the left most button along the bottom which reads "All inputs"
• Select HDMI1: AVR540
• The DVD start screen appears on the TV

New Orleans Tips:

New Orleans is a fun city, but it is a city. Keep your wits about you, like you would in any large city. After dark, either drive or Uber/Lyft door-to-door.

The house is a block and a half from the French Quarter. Enjoy! There are lots of fabulous restaurants and stores. Most of the crime in the French Quarter is pickpockets and petty theft.

The streetcar is at the end of the block, in front of the beauty supply store. The fare is $1.25 and exact change required. There are quarters in a little bin on the counter. Or you can buy a 24-hour Jazzy Pass for $3. Download the RTA Le Pass app.

Restaurant recommendations (although it’s hard to go wrong): https://yelp.to/YauCUVQ9kE
You will need reservations for most places. Read and adhere to the dress code or you’ll be wearing the sport coats kept in their coat room just in case people forgot to read the dress code.

There’s great information on www.reddit.com/askNOLA and www.reddit.com/NewOrleans

Also: www.neworleanstoday.com

If you want to hear great music, go to Frenchmen Street, not Bourbon Street. On Frenchmen Street you can wander from bar to bar and just pop in when you hear some music you like.