I appreciate that owners are kind people, though I am not in a position to rate apartment a 5-star just because of the owner's kindness. Additionally, I want to add my tiny contribution into a "fair" overview for future customers. If all people made fair valuations like me, I wouldn't choose this apartment for my stay, as I stayed there with my family including kids and we had not a good experience.
Overall, there's nothing wrong with apartment. You just receive what you pay for. In our case rent fee is not that high for Washington. Now let's go one by one.
1. A sheet, pillowcase, duvet cover are made of the cheapest material, something like synthetic. And, it SMELLS BAD. Really disgusting! The normal material for this type of beddings is cotton. And it should be washed well each time!
2. It is a relatively small apartment in a basement of a 2 floored townhome. The ceiling of this apartment basically is the floor of the higher one's. And sound is terrible. When someone is walking on a 1st floor, it seems like someone is walking in YOUR apartment, not above. Everything is heard so clearly. Really awful feeling.
3. Owners have a small spot next to the entrance used as a parking. And they are charging additional 15 USD for that. Come on people - one and a half hundred paid for rent and you can't let your customer to park his/her for free? You won't get rich with these 15 bucks, but such a free parking option from your side would be a small though really pleasant advantage of your apartment.
4. Cleanliness is not that good.
5. Stuff in the kitchen is very limited and probably outdated. No teabags, no sugar, etc. Moreover, some of them were opened by previous renters and left in the same basket.
The only good thing is location, it's not far from several must-see locations of DC. If you are travelling just friends as a group of men and need just a place to sleep and not more, then this can be not a bad option. For all others not.
I hope I was fair enough and sorry Aric I can't rate 5 just because I'm fair man and want people know what to expect.