If this is your first visit to DC, or if you have been to DC but always stayed right downtown by the mall, you really need to consider Monet and Cris's place. The Northeast is such a traditional, historic section of the city. Staying there instead of right downtown is like an attraction all by itself. The mid-century brick bungalows on tree-lined streets with tidy little yards are an image of a DC of 80 years ago. Today, it is the living, breathing DC of the diverse community that call DC home. The apartment is as described. It is a basement unit with concrete floors. It was clean, big, quiet, safe. Parking was free and easy right out front. WiFi worked great. The neighbors were friendly. We could hear footsteps at night from the house above, but it was not disruptive or anything. We were in town for an event at the convention center during the work week. We drove in and parked at a parking garage downtown. It was $20 / day to park. One day, traffic was really bad, and it took about 45 minutes during the teeth of the morning rush hour. The other days it was more like 25 minutes. Historic Silver Spring, Maryland is close too. We could have used the metro but it would have cost about the same for two of us. Monet had left Metro cards for us to charge up if we wanted them. That was lovely. There were plenty of Ubers all around too. There was a full kitchen and a lovely back patio. You could spend the day in the city and come back to a historic DC inner suburb for a quiet night in. Check-in and check-out could not have been easier. Monet was super responsive both before we arrived and during our stay of several days. If you would like to make pretend you are a DC resident for just a few days and see a part of the city that reflects the real character of DC as a hard-working, diverse, historic east-coast city, I really recommend Money and Cris's place.