When I started to search for a place in DC I wanted it to be close to downtown cause I had business trip and had to be in downtown every day. But to find 2 rooms for 3 people for reasonable price was quite hard. So I selected Cynthia's place in Petworth.
At the beginning I was afraid a little bit about neighbourhood and living on basement level but at the end it was totally ok.
I think that place itself and Cynthia's hospitality should be the reasons to prefer hotel or more central location over current AirBnB. This was certainly my best accommodation experience ever:
- Cynthia and her husband were so nice people and did everything to make us feel comfortable. For example there was no coffee press what Europeans prefer to make morning coffee. And next day Cynthia's husband brought 2 kind of new coffee machines, incl coffee press. Very nice gesture.
- apartment itself was very well equipped. We used kitchen to prepare breakfast and used host's grill to cook burgers.
- the porch area was really nice to sit during beautiful day or to have a breakfast. You could feel like in your countryhouse.
What concerns location then we mostly used Uber to get around. It was 8-11 USD to downtown depending on time. Metro station is appr 5 minutes walk. I also suggest to check Capital bikeshare (there is booklet in the apartment also), station is just across the street from metro station. We drove couple of times by bikes to downtown and back.
There was grocery store Safeway what had very nice selection of different kind of food. We walked there every day for fresh fruits and vefetables. Appr. 5 minutes away.