My girlfriend and I stayed at Ashley's place for two nights and were very happy with our time there. The area is quiet and diverse; it has good bus connections to town and is to a foreigner like me really very pretty and typical of dc architecture (with some interesting buildings added to the mix). The actual place is the ground floor of Ashley's house and, while you can hear footsteps on the floorboards above, we still felt a nice level of privacy and quiet. Otherwise everything was as described and we were overall very happy with our stay here. Ashley was always quick to respond and very polite, and so we'd love to come back here next time we're in DC.