I had a great stay at Melissa's apartment!
I spent 9 days in Washington (work / leisure) and I am very happy that I found and could stay at Melissa's apartment. It is very close to a Metro station and if you come by plane landing at the National Airport, you only need to hop on the Metro and have a direct ride of 20 minutes to the apartment. Which is very convenient if you have some luggage.
The location is in a neat part of the city, there are some grocery stores close by, also restaurants and a little shopping mile. The apartment itself is very quiet, however, a dog upstairs was making some noise by running around every now and then. I haven't seen it, but I hope it was the dog:-)
All in one I was very happy with the apartment and felt home from the first moment I entered it. The fully equipped kitchen / bath is very nice! Although I haven't met Melissa, the communication was very good, and checkin was very easy.