Our family of five enjoyed our stay in the Takoma area! There was ample parking, the street was quiet, there’s stores and restaurants if needed.
If you are driving, it’s about 25-35 minutes to the major attractions, but that is just how the DC traffic goes. The house is really close to everything!
One thing not considered as amenity, that was, this place has a finished basement, we got an alert for a tornado warning, we were very fortunate not to have to worry about anything because we had a nice clean safe place to go. (All was well! Alert was over very quickly!)
Our hosts were in contact with us, and I really truly felt like I was staying at a friends home.