This is a VERY spacious home located in a terrific and safe part D.C. Walkable to many great nearby restaurants and grocery shopping is just two blocks down the street. Offstreet parking (rare in this area) is available in a garage behind the home, but make sure that if you bring a rental car it is very small… Our tiny Kia SUV just fit.
The kitchen was well-equipped for cooking, although the oven was not working at the time of our visit and hopefully that will be rectified soon. I would say the kitchen area was remodeled in the 90’s and while it is a bit dated, it is much nicer than what you will find in most places in this neighborhood. The older Thermidor gas cooktop In numerous cookbooks are evidence that Julies’s dad was quite a cook! Not to mention the really nice Le Creuset cookware which you would rarely see you in a rental home!
Although I would not call this home “elegant” I would say it’s “very comfortable” and the mix of original and print artwork throughout is lovely. Some of the furnishings are dated and showing a little bit of age. As one reviewer said it is much like staying at your grandparents home, which is not a bad thing!
Overall, this is a lot of bang for the buck, especially if you have a group that needs more space… While this lovely home could use updating (didn’t bother us though), if that happened it probably would not be available as a rental anymore, or certainly not at the current price. By the way, the current average sale price of homes in this neighborhood is around $1.4 million!
All of that considering, Julie’s place is quite a gem and I highly recommend staying here!