2/10 Terrible
Thomas C.
8 Mar 2023
Disliked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy
Should be embarrassed.
This property is not, as it is implied, in the well-kept and beautiful city center of Ruston. It is actually a half-mile away in an apartment complex with broken windows covered with trash bags, a burnt out couch in the yard (complete with discarded tire!), and a hand-written sign on the door that says "Close the F**king door!" (asterisks mine.)
Are you a fan of hot showers? Hope not. The shower head is about chest height on an average man, and there's about ten minutes of hot water, even at mid-day. Did you pack your own toilet paper? I hope so because there was about a quarter of a roll left when I arrived for a week-long stay. The entrance is an impossibly narrow gap between curbs that you can sit and watch people break their hub caps on all day if you're bored. At night, feral cats will serenade you with their lusty screeches.
Don't worry, you're perfectly safe. There are locks on all the doors. Oh, but not the windows. They don't lock at all. If you're willing to stand in the giant piles of dog crap, you can just walk up to the windows and lift them open from the outside. I know because I tested it after I watched an open-air drug deal in the parking lot, complete with armed thug.
There is some sort of opening in the wall behind the mirror in the bathroom, which I can only assume has the most innocent of explanations. There are dead bugs on top of the fridge and in the window sills, and the wood over the sink is warped and rotting. The whole place smells ancient, and only the most token pleasantries have been provided. Sheets and blankets from Walmart, towels that were secondhand in the Clinton administration, and a dispenser for soap, shampoo, and conditioner in the shower that was practically empty when I arrived.
The alley behind the unit is filled with trash, and the view has all the glamorous appeal of Gary, Indiana. The king bed is stiff and drooping in the middle, so someone thoughtfully nailed together some 2x4s to keep it from collapsing.
The most token efforts have been made to make the place presentable, but you would need to be a goldfish to forget each indignity as you walk from one room to the next.
In short, there is a lovely Courtyard Marriott only a short distance away, and it cost me only my pride and ten dollars more per night.
Thomas C.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023
