The apartment itself is decent. Although some things about it are a bit worn: The light switches don’t work, the bathroom is really small, the metal thing which the shower water comes out of isn’t fully secure against the wall & the front door looks a bit worn too. There’s no available outlets in the bedroom to charge your devices with. Also, the living room doesn’t match the photo, there’s two black leather couches that are alright. Nevertheless, the apartment itself is just fine. There’s bars on the windows and back door. The hosts are really communicative and do a good job at answering your questions.
The actual problem is the neighborhood. I was in an online meeting in the apartment and all of a sudden, someone right outside the apartment is blasting music in their car. Since it’s a ground floor apartment I figured there’d be lots of outside noise but it was just a bit uncomfortable. Also, there was some guy who camped out on the front steps of the apartment in the middle of the day. Lastly, whoever the upstairs neighbor was during my stay was pacing back and forth so often that I could barely concentrate. You can hear the footsteps when staying in this apartment.
Note, I do not blame the hosts, it’s not under their control. I would advise however that you (whoever’s reading this) find an alternative neighborhood in DC to stay in, because I felt unsafe staying in the area.