Rented this house recently for a group attending a Conference in downtown DC. We were able to enter the house easily and got settled in right away with no problems, we were even able to check in a little early. While not a super short walk to the Metro (about 3/4 mile), it was easily done and the location to grocery amenities was wonderful. The neighborhood was fairly quiet and what you would expect. The house fit our group of 10-12 (college masters students/mixed gender) well and there were no problems with the amount of rooms or configuration. The kitchen had enough for cooking dinner and breakfast but didn't contain a full cookware set (but it worked for us). Definitely would consider 8th Street again!