Gosh. Where do I start. I researched Airbnb for quite some time for our trip to DC. I kept coming back to Pia and Ben's place. I'm glad I chose this apartment. Frankly, it was even better than what I thought it would be. Pia helped us when we first got there to get into the apartment (we were exhausted) and gave us info about the apartment and showed us her extensive notebooks and brochures about sites to see. This was our first time in DC. The apartment was very clean and stylishly decorated including the beautiful kitchen. Although we didn't cook while we were there, it's nice to have the stove just in case. We liked having the fridge so we could buy things for snacking. The sleep number bed was very comfortable and fortunately, there was a nice sized closet for putting all our stuff (we were staying for one week). The bathroom is small but attractive and functional. Pia and Ben did a 6 month renovation on the basement apartment and it looked like a place out of a magazine. There were typical city sounds (like sirens, etc) that you would hear on occasion but nothing that bothersome. It's on an attractive street with pretty row homes and we were so glad that it was less than a block walk to the FREE trolley which took us to Union Station. We so enjoyed our vacation AND Pia & Ben's apartment (must more enjoyable than a hotel). And, we enjoyed our couple of talks with Pia. Highly Recommended!