This rental is FANTASTIC once you get past the check in process (not good). For Washington DC, it is in a nice, apparently safe, working class, residential neighborhood on a fairly busy main street with lots of nearby services. It appears to be a very recent, very well done, remodel of an older home. Inside it is fairly quiet, except for an occasional muted siren or car honk. The interior far exceeds the exterior (which is probably why there are no exterior pictures on the initial site) - not that the exterior looks that bad. -> just older looking. The house is very, very spacious and divided into a basement 2 bedroom rental with a full kitchen and a 1st & 2nd story 3 bedroom rental with a full kitchen. By joining the 2, you have a 5 bedroom rental with 2 full kitchens. The house is very well stocked, though could use a few more dishes & silverware. The beds are large & very comfortable. Great closet space. The main bathrooms (on the 1st & 2nd floors) are very nice. The basement bathroom was adequate. All were well supplied with amenities. There's a extra/bonus 1/2 bathroom just off the kitchen, which is a bit "cozy". The lighting is excellent. There are flat screen TVs "everywhere". There is a great deck on the top floor in the back with a reasonably nice "urban" view. Just inside from the deck is another mini kitchen (sink, small refrigerator, but no stove or microwave). There are 2 sets of washer & dryer, but no provided soap. There's great off street parking in the back for "theoretically" 4 cars - if you had 4 cars, you may have to do some maneuvering to get certain cars out. Finding the parking area the first time is a bit challenging if you are unfamiliar with the neighborhood, but then the access is easy.
The main drawback is the check in process that needs improvement (Hopefully the owners will attend to this). You are not warned about it until you commit. They REQUIRE you to download an app (which is a nuisance & does not function well) & asks all kinds of unnecessary, personal questions, not only about the primary renter, but all the potential occupants (emails addresses, phone numbers, etc.) which raises security & privacy concerns. The check in instructions were very unclear. Although he responded fairly rapidly, when you tried to contact the "cohost", Jon, he texted fairly cryptic answers & instructions. Furthermore, he would not give the "final" entrance instructions until we arrived (Apparently, concerned we would check in early, even though we were still "on the road" travelling - for which he wanted to charge extra). Although the check in time was 4:00, we didn't get the code until 4:41 when we arrived. Also, we had to make a special request for the wifi password. After we got passed all this arcane "red tape", the rest of the time was delightful.