We were greeted with pastries and a lovely welcome note. The basement apartment is the bottom floor of a Washington terrace where the owners live, 7 mins from the NoMA-Gallaudet metro station. It was clean and comfortable with a well set up kitchen. Lots of tourist brochures left for us to look at. The owners were lovely and keen to make sure we had what we needed (family of 4 with 2 teenage kids). The experience added to our wonderful Washington visit.