The English basement was a great location for our family of five to use as a home base while seeing the D.C. sites. About a half mile walk to the capitol and 2.5 miles to the Lincoln memorial. We did several round trip walks during our 9 day stay. At first I was concerned about finding parking on the crowded street but it never ended up being a problem. In fact we ended up parking right in front of the house several times. Sean was always quick to respond to questions or requests. Wouldn’t hesitate to go back or recommend.