I don't want to write anything negative about our stay, but I do feel an obligation to be honest to those future readers of reviews as I relied on others' reviews.

The apartments was nice. It had a lot of room especially for DC. No compaints about size. We used the kitchen and washer and dryer. The kitchen had full-sized appliances: refrigerator, stove, microwave, and dishwasher. The washer and dryer were the stacking kind and shared by two other apartments. They were "free," and it was nice to wash towels.

The location of the apartment was great too. It is so convenient to the Metro--a couple of blocks and you are there. A short ride on the Metro and you in the center of the it all!

The church across the street is beautiful, and the Giant grocery store is literally half a block a way. They also have a Redbox! (But neither the TV or DVD player worked when we were there. We had our own mini player from the car.)

Two disappointments with the apartment were cleanliness and parking. The carpet in the bedrooms is kind of a gray color, and it appears dirty. Now, it might just be the color, but I wore my shoes at all times. It was also very dusty, such as above the stove vent, the leg runs of the chairs, window sills, etc. I know that sounds picky, but it gives a bad impression. Not hotel cleaniliness. The bathroom was spic and span though. The sheets had also not been washed when we got there. The beds were made, but there was long hairs on the bed sheets. The sheets are dark, so maybe there were washed and the hair remained. But we washed and dried them again, which was a pain after a long drive. I also never saw a vacuum. John said house keeping would be by when we were gone on Sunday, but I never saw any vacuum tracks after that either.

Parking requires a visitor's pass, which wasn't taken care of for us until Monday night, and we arrived Saturday late afternoon. The neighbors said no one really checks, but with an hour of our arriving, the parking police were there. She let us go, but it was a concern. On Monday we parked in the grocery store lot to avoid ticketing until our parking pass came. It didn't hurt anything, but it was an inconvience.

The worst thing was the shootings, and for this reason, I could not recommend this apartments for families. The week we were there the weather was breaking (warmer), so the streets were busier, especially at night. It is a big city and a diverse section of town, but sirens blared most nights, people talked and fought outside on the street, and two different nights there was gunfire--(two episodes one night and one anohter)--within 2-3 blocks of the apartment.

After saying this, I want to stress that I never felt threatened, but I didn't sleep well and it was disturbing to my 14 year old daughter--and, granted, we are from the country/rural area.

I would consider this rental for a couple, but I couldn't recommend it for families or any friends I might have going to DC.