The apartment is clean and bright and generally as appears in the photos. The courtyard in which it's situated is similarly bright and welcoming. However, the apartment and building did have many areas for improvement; for example: broken space heater and stairwell light, ill-fitting shower curtain and bedding (shower and bed could be updated too), and rough or unfinished construction overall.

As others have noted, the surrounding neighborhood is definitely "up and coming," but not there yet. Additionally, it's close to two Metro stops, but a little further out from everything.

Marion is a pleasant, friendly host—very responsive and communicative, and accommodating too. I heard from her a few times both before and during our stay. She patiently waited for and checked up on us upon arrival, and was quite flexible about arrangements around our departure.