My girlfriend and I were in DC for 3 days. We were generally looking in the cap hill neighborhood, but settled on this place since it looked nice and got great reviews, and was a bit more in line with our budget.
Pros
- good value for the space you're getting in DC
- no you're not in a 'gated community'; the h-street corridor is lively and colorful. reminded me of certain hip areas of Colfax in Denver. It's sort of a two-edged sword, but you're getting a lot of good restaurants to go along with the vibe. didn't really get to check out the bar scene because of COVID so can't opine on that.
- highly recommend copycat co. some of the best asian food I've ever had!
- place itself was comfortable and clean. youtube tv and disney+ for when we wanted to wind down at night
- check in/out were super easy and eddie/teri were very responsive and easy to deal with
- bike share right across the street, which was a huge positive for us
cons
- only real con was noise from above apartment (including dog), but that just comes along with the territory of renting a basement apartment in a townhouse in a major city!
neutral
- location. as mentioned above, you're a bit away from certain neighborhoods, but if you're up for a walk or a bike ride it's no big deal
- we were there in fall, so the weather was beautiful. not sure how the apartment would feel in the winter/summer. Winter would have made getting to and from the city harder/more expensive, since we probably wouldn't have used the bike share