You can expect a very clean and nice basement apartment. There is a great office space to get work done and the bathroom is very nice. Shaconna is very friendly and super fast to respond! People give the area a worse rep than it deserves, I stayed here for a full month and only had a few incidents in the general area where I felt unsafe - all of which were after dark or early AM. Overall this part of the neighborhood is very quiet. There was a lot of noise from a young child upstairs when I was there but I don’t think it would be an issue if you are planning on staying short term. Location wise if you have a car it’s a very quick drive over to DC!