I highly recommend this for the price if you are attending something at the DC Convention Center you can easily walk there and there is a metro stop there. You could walk to grocery store at the start of your stay and keep stuff in the fridge and use the microwave. Also, if you are coming to DC as a tourist and cannot believe the $$$ cost of the hotels, this place is great. Grab a Circulator bus 4 or 5 blocks away and head to Union Station where another bus will zip you down to the National Mall for museum and monument visits.
This is a basement unit of a row house in DC. It has a spacious living room and a spacious bedroom. I stayed alone, so can’t comment on the sleeper sofa, but as a sofa it was firm and comfortable.
There are people living above (the host) so there is some typical noise from walking around, etc. I live in a basement unit at home, so this was not bothersome to me at all — but just an FYI.
You are able to walk to grocery stores and the metro. Though there isn’t any small store to run down the street to mid-evening if you want something. If you walk to the corner of the streets, you do have a nice view of the nation’s Capitol.
This is a value-airbnb. SUPER friendly host with AMAZINGLY quick responses — a bulb burned out and Thang was down to replace it in 1 minute! Good but not great location. Friendly amenities — shampoo, towels, hairdryer, iron, etc. (and a portable heater if you feel it is to cool for you - it’s winter now).
Conclusion: I would definitely suggest it!
Pros -
Price is very reasonable.
Host is friendly and responsive.
Location walkable distance but not next door to things.
Cons - (and these are more of an FYI in case anything is a pet peeve of yours)
This is a basement apartment (gets light in the door and windows).
It is below a unit where people live, so there is some noise factor there (not extreme)
The neighborhood is very much an urban neighborhood. If you are cool with that it’s great.