What a pleasure to arrive to a refrigerator stocked with eggs, juice, and other breakfast items for the next morn. Very thoughtful. Coded locks made for easy entry. The location provides excellent walking access to grocery shopping and the Metro. Getting to tourist sites was very easy, and the space made for a great retreat after many a long site seeing day.

While the penthouse served our needs for our weeklong DC stay, it was far from being a dream. The photographs make the place look stunning, and the concept of design is exceptional. However, the execution was lacking greatly...lose hanging electrical wires from the ceiling & walls, a broken chandelier in an unfinished entry hall, lose toilet paper holders and towel racks that fall off the wall, very poor paint and craftman finishes, holes in the celings and walls, and kitchen cabinet doors & drawers with either no knobs, missing knobs or knobs that fall off the cabinets. There was no DVD player, but Grace and her husband graciously provided one when asked.

A binder providing information about the neighborhood and instructions for how to operate items in the home would have made the stay much more enjoyable. The Bosch coffee maker makes outstanding coffee, but it took the host providing a tutorial for us to succeed in operating it.

There was no hot water our first day's stay causing us to have to take the polar plunge. Upon our report, the hosts immediately addressed the issue. Welcome hot water!

We felt very bad for Grace and her husband as DC experienced torrential rains causing the roof and ceiling to leak into our unit and the unit below. Our hosts addressed the issue immediately correcting the problem and doing so with very good communication, trying to create the least interruption to our stay.

Grace was very generous to allow us to stay 2 hours past check-out time. Much appreciated!

Overall, a great visit to DC and adequate accomodations.