I would concur with all the other comments, my experience was the same. Pat & Jenn were extremely helpful, friendly, super responsive, and wonderful hosts overall. Pluses: beautiful, modern home, convenient first floor access, Chromecast on the giant screen TV, pleasant and clean. King bed excellent; futon and air mattress for the kids less so. Location very convenient to an amazing array of restaurants on 8th St, but as was mentioned, you'll want to avoid certain streets. Crossing the street in one direction takes you into an area where police cars are omnipresent all night long (and literally escorted us through from Harris Teeter!). But that's an easy quadrant to avoid, we walked everywhere else in total safety in this highly gentrified neighborhood; the boundaries are unambiguous. Minuses: also as mentioned there is definitely noise from the toddler upstairs after 8am, which is OK if you're not planning to sleep in. I found the kitchen oddly well equipped in some aspects and not in others, like no chef knives and insufficient pots/pans to really cook in the apartment. Patrick said I was only the second person to ever mention it, and as I've experienced in other cities with AirBNB, when you're booking a place with what looks like a premium kitchen, but it's in a great restaurant district, the vast majority of people will not be planning to prepare meals at home. I do because I'm a chef, so atypical, and it probably won't matter to you.

A couple of above-and-beyond things they did for us is that we arrived to a refrigerator stocked with lactose-free milk, butter, bread, OJ, etc., and they offered to get us even more stuff in advance of checking in. They also ran a load of laundry for us, folded and everything. So while having them right upstairs does mean you won't be sleeping past 8am, it is super convenient, and they're a warm, charming family. Oh, and I managed to leave for the airport with the key in my pocket and Patrick drove out to DCA within 15 minutes and picked it up from me, with an understanding smile.