the place is nice, clean. Great outdoor space. Neighborhood is a little sterile but ok. Place is super close to the Metro, and there's a big grocery store across the street.
Where the experience fell short is on the little things... sort of a general lack of thoughtfulness for the guest. The kitchen lacked basic supplies: only one small plate, one dinner plate, no bowls, no serving pieces, no paper towel.
Marco was nice, but had the vibe that he was "doing me a favor" rather than feeling responsible for making my stay comfortable. When I arrived, there were dirty dishes in the dishwasher; I saw him check then just close the machine. later, when I went to run the machine, I discovered that there was no detergent in the unit (which explains why previous guest and/or cleaner didn't run the dishes). I asked Marco if he could drop some off as it was already late that night and I would be away until after the store closed the next night. he said yes, then later texted to say said he couldn't.
one other thing: the mattress had a plastic wrapper on it with only a thin sheet between me and the plastic. great for protecting the mattress but the result was that whatever part of my body touched the bed suffocated.
With a few small improvements the stay would've been a 5