The description is quite simply - 100% accurate.
For some context, I hold a permanent residence in a different state but my new job has me working 4 or 5 days a week in DC, and it actually makes pretty decent financial and logistical sense to just AirBnB throughout the week and then fly back and forth. When looking for AirBnBs, I had these hopes: i) close to public transportation with a total commute time of NTE 30 - 35 minutes, ii) close to a grocery store with ok food options (think your run of the mill Thai or Chiptole), iii) something that wouldn't break the bank, and iv) a residence where there was some common space to work/spread out.
Bill and Maritza have a lovely rowhouse that delivered on all of these asks. I got terribly turned around the first day getting off the train, but once I figured things out, it's actually less than the 12 minute walk (hint, cut through the Home Depot lot) listed, and getting to Metro Center takes about 10 minutes via train. The Giant grocery store has everything you need, and holy crap, they were doing 25 chickie nuggies for $5 one night, wha wha! As a matter of fact, there is a Chipotle right by the train station as well as a Thai place, and some fast food options as well in the general area. Cost-wise including all AirBnB taxes, fees, etc. it ended up being about $40 a night, which is a terrific value. Lastly, the long couch and coffee table they have downstairs in the living space was perfect for working/spreading out just a little bit.
Now, a few notes that I think could be helpful...
1) Staying with B and M feels like staying with a set of kind relatives. Both of them really made sure that I had what I needed and that I was comfortable. Everything from the linens to the towels to the toiletries to the kitchen feels like "home", almost like returning to the house you grew up in for holidays.
2) The house is amazingly nostalgic. Love it. The floors squeak in certain spots, and by my final night I finally half figured out where I could step where it wouldn't sound like a hippopotamus was walking around. Water pressure on the second floor is absolutely adequate, but be smart about it. Again, think of what it was like growing up and the effect that say, flushing a toilet would have on the shower pressure and temps. The manual "skylight window" in the bathroom for ventilation was a cool touch. The older vents and air registers that almost make that humming noise when the air passes through.
3) Tornado the cat is a hoot. Followed me around. Always wanted to drink out of the sink even if he had water in the bowl. Very vocal and responds when you talk to him. For example, every day I got back, I'd say, "Tornado, what's going on today?" and he would look at me and go, "Meowrrrr" with inflection like he was answering me. Then at night if I was working in the living room, he would lay by the front door and once in awhile look up and 'chirp.'
4) Depending on how you sleep, you may want/need earplugs or a white noise machine. I spent much of my time while I was in Chicago/Milwaukee close to an above ground train station with street noise and general city noise. No train noise, but if you have the window in the room cracked or open, you'll hear general ambient neighborhood noise. Fascinatingly, there's a lovely family that lives in the basement that from what I can gather, have some type of food establishment because every morning at around 6:30, I would wake up to the sound of masa being pounded out into tortillas, and by 6:35, the smell of tortillas would be wafting through my cracked window. I wake up around that time anyway, so it really didn't bother me, and who wouldn't want to wake up to the smell of tortillas?!
5) Not any type of timbre associated with this statement, but there is a contrast between where Bill lives (think 1930s rowhouses and families that have been there for a long time) and where the train station is. Rhode Island Row was built post 2017 and if you look around the train station in any direction, you will see new construction and condos going up.
6) Lastly, if this helps anyone, there's an Amazon Locker at the 7-11 down the street, but the set of boxes is on the backside of the building where it looks like the drive-through for a previous restaurant used to be.