The stay was OK, but the facility proved to be considerably worse than I expected for the money. Also, there were small things here and there that were not good:
- The host asked me what was the purpose of my trip to Washington. That kind of extra "security check" I definitely did not like. My affairs are NONE of the host business. I don't have to explain anything to anyone except for police. I felt like I am about to be granted or not granted a visa - by some AirBnb host, for Christ sake! Mind you, AirBnb conducts its own check, and I uploaded by US Passport to them, so this question was only offending me, nothing more.
- This is NOT an apartment, but a BASEMENT (without windows), and while it was clean and neat and OK for my short stay, the "apartment" description was not truthful, hiding the fact that it is a basement with very low ceiling, no windows, and very low and inconvenient entrance. People have the right to know the truth and say that the things are what they are. I would never book your basement if I realized that it IS a basement. 90/night is not what the price should be for the basement (even very clean as it was, and in a very good location and parking permit - all that was OK).
- The entrance is too low, I am not a hobbit to bang my head and enter twofold crawling in.
- The same thing for bathroom - the ceiling is too low.
- It would be nice if there were no shouting from upstairs in the evening.
- A cat visited me, clearly demonstrating that it is his place. I have nothing against cats, and there was no smell in the apartment, but it's his home! Cruel people apparently took his home to make money. (At least the cat is clean and clearly eats well.)
- Checkout time was 10:30 and before that time NOBODY should come in and try to explain that they will clean the apartment to the guests that are perfectly within their checkout time.
CONCLUSION: I can't say that it was a bad experience (OK for a two day man-alone business trip), but certainly not a holiday vacation for me, I regret that I booked this "apartment". Even though there was free coffee for which I sincerely thank the host.