Degas House

This 2 room suite was not as advertised--bed was literally smashed in two places, room had not been cleaned properly. Bathroom and kitchen were filthy. Advertised as daily maid service which never happened. Full American breakfast was said to be included but only provided on weekend. High speed internet promised but could not power movie or zoom meeting. Front desk person there sporadically and no way to get help. When I arrived, I was told that I would "get my exercise" carrying suitcase up steep long staircase, which I was unable to do. I found a kitchen staff to help me. Because of poor accommodations, I shortened my stay but was still charged the full amount, which I am now disputing with credit card company. I have reached out to owner twice with no response.

Made a reservation by phone for a Saturday morning brunch and guided tour. Arrived at 9 to find the left house locked up, the courtyard set up for a wedding, and the right house filled with a wedding party. Attempts to contact the staff by phone were unsuccessful, our calls were unreturned.

We arrived to a property that hadn't been cleaned. Though the owner of the property tried to make it right by sending people over to at least change the beds and clean the bathrooms, this ended up being the least of our problems. Heat didn't work in half of the house where 3 of the bedrooms and the majority of the bathrooms were when temperatures dipped below 30 at night. When we plugged in space heaters, it tripped the power to that half of the house. When the owner sent someone to 'fix the heat' all the person did was change the thermostat on the side of the house that heat was working, but did nothing to fix the heat on the side of the house that we had none. When we mentioned to the owner of the property we appreciate what he had tried to do, but we would be trying to get some money back, he responded saying that essentially because the property was 'cheap' for 11 people to stay, that we wouldn't be getting money back. I don't care how 'cheap' it is to stay somewhere, heat and power is something essential to staying even in a motel. On top of that, the property was quite literally falling apart. The pool and hot tub looked like it hadn't been maintained in years. Part of the roof looked like it was bowing. We flushed one of the toilets and water started spraying out from the back of it. We went to close a sliding door to one of the rooms and it just came out of the tracks. There were fire alarms that weren't attached, they were just sitting on the counter.

My wife and I had an awful time- so bad that we left after the first night even though we had a reservation for 4 nights. The owner was overwhelmed when we got there and it took some time for us to get settled in our 3rd floor room. He said he would retake care of a burned out bulb on the night table lamp but never did. The sink in the bathroom had no hot water unless you turned the valve underneath. The towels were not clean. The bed was terrible- it made noise every time you moved and the mattress was awful. The breakfast was mediocre at best. When we called to let them know about the problems in the room we did not get any response until 11am the next day by which time we diecided to move to a decent hotel. While the history of the place and the art was interesting, I would never stay there again because of the condition of the place and the lack of concern from the owner/operator. I have never written a bad review of anywhere else (I travel a lot all over the world) but in this case I really felt compelled to do so.

Walked around a bit in the house. Very peaceful and well-preserved. Cute restaurant out back although I did not eat. There was some kind of funeral or wake happening there but no one seemed to mind I was there. The house was very pretty. Tom Birner (Washington, DC)

We were transported back to Old New Orleans and the life of Edgar Degas. Our stay led us to new thoughts and opened up great conversations. Very inspiring. The people were so friendly and caring.

We spent two hours here. French President Macron was just here. The place is very classy. Full of culture and the time of Degas. He painted some of the most important paintings here. Our tour was guided by a descendent of Degas. She was gracious. Will book a room and breakfast here next time!

The kitchen staff were wonderful…breakfasts were delicious, especially the Bananas Foster French Toast. The sleeping rooms were unbelievably bad. The bridal suite had water dripping on the bed from the room above. One room never had hot tap water though a plumber visited the room. Another room had rotting floors and there was mold on the wall of the staircase. TVs in two rooms didn’t work, I didn’t care, But, it is football season. The owner of the property needs to address structural issues before adding any other features to the property. Luckily the wedding took place outside and Sharon, Denise and other kitchen staff got all of the food just right.

The property appears to have been abandoned for some time. It is in major disrepair inside and out. On approach to the property you first realize the advertised drive way is unusable with out a large 4x4 vehicle. Front door access key pad is broken. Entering the house the smell of mold is overwhelming. Cob webs dust hornet/wasp nest inside the house we found one in sheet on the bed. BED BUGS were found in two of the four bed rooms dead bugs of various types found throughout. Black Mold in one of the furnace rooms completely covering the walls. If the front yard and interior of the home were not bad enough.The real reason our family booked this property was because of the swimming pool and cool water jacuzzi. Both were filthy and inoperable. No electricity to rum pumps in pool and it obviously had not been used in a very long time. We called owner of the property, he had us call the property manager to come clean up and change bedding they came in with a single sheet of paper towel wiped of 1 or 2 surfaces and left promising to come back with pool guy. Owner showed up tried to get electricity working for pool area didnt help and left us to figure it out. Some of our party was fortunate to afford different accommodations at their own expense last minute, the others of us including a pregnant woman and a 2 year old slept on top of covers and breathed moldy air for our two night stay. At the time of composing this review everyone that stayed is sick. Worst experience ever