Six teachers rented this a fabulous place to be able to attend a conference. One husband and one daughter joined the group and stayed in the master bedroom with me, the person who booked the place after everyone else read the reviews.
The home is amazingly close to everything, including the Convention Center, the metro, the White House, and a Trader Joe's. It is especially comfortable if you have a bunch of folks who want to sit around and talk. The couches in the front area, the eating area, and the openness of the beautiful kitchen allow conviviality. It's a beautiful, super clean home, and the host is very responsive. There are surprisingly enough bathrooms for six women to get ready to head out at the same time!
The only problem we had was that we booked it because of "Four bedrooms," and then it turned out there are three bedrooms and a basement with a bed and a couch. The fold-out couch in the shared area is within four feet of the front door, making it fine if no one wants to sleep there, but we had promised that couch to someone who then ended up sleeping on a non fold-out couch in the same room as a teacher who had been promised a separate room. She didn't want late arrivals waking her up; nor did she want to have to wait for everyone else to go to bed. Also note that one of the bedrooms, the one with the two beds, is basically a huge closet with rolling doors. That's fine for kids, but not for two teachers who have bags and professional dress, because there is no place for them to store or hang anything without using someone else's closet. There was also a crib, rather than the promised blow-up mattress, in the master bedroom, so it was lucky the daughter had brought her own. Finally, as others have mentioned, the master bedroom is much larger than the other rooms, so it's hard to be fair in pricing the group.
All that being said, we enjoyed our stay so much anyway. Everyone forgave me for the room size inequities, and we appreciated the wine...which unfortunately no one drank, because we all had too much to do! Sherman is incredibly responsive at all hours of the day or night. He came over to check our heating issue at a time when no one was sleeping. The house is so gorgeous, so clean, and so well-located, that we all wanted to move in permanently. The kitchen has everything you really need, and it's close to groceries and museums and subway...well, it's hard to say enough about how wonderful it is.