First off, let’s start with the space itself. Like others have said, the room is much larger than it appears in the photos. There is a nice sizeable desk if one needs to do work while they are staying at Matt’s place. They also had a very large floor-to-ceiling closet with lots of hangers, and offered some drawers in the dresser for use as well. The bed is large and firm (which I liked). The bed even has this great feature where there is lighting in the space above the bed. It was great to be able to shut the lights off from bed when I was finished reading. They also have a very cute little deck in the back that Tada mentioned was nice for drinking coffee on in the morning. Being able to store a few things in their fridge was also greatly appreciated. Wi-Fi was very fast.
The neighborhood is great as well. The row homes in their neighborhood are absolutely gorgeous. I was travelling by myself and never felt unsafe in the area, even at night. It was about a 10 dollar Uber/Lyft to downtown DC (5 dollars if you used Uberpool or Lyft Line). Most places were about 10-20 minutes away by car. Tada also had a few spare metro cards that offered up to me.
Matt and Tada were very hospitable. I sat and talked with Tada for a while on my first night there and she is a wonderful conversationalist. She even invited me to have dinner with them in their home. Unfortunately I was meeting up with a friend from back home, but it looked delicious. A few nights when I got home they asked if I wanted to watch TV with them. Matt offered me coffee in the morning. They were both very flexible and understanding. I had noticed that my shirt had a small tear in the strap of my top and Tada lent me a small sewing kit. Both also were extremely accommodating and allowed for an earlier check in time and leaving my suitcase with them the last day since my flight was later in the day. The last day it was very rainy there and they lent me their umbrella so that I could still get a little bit more sightseeing in.
Thanks for everything!