Stay here if you need a big place for a large crowd that is appreciative of comfortable beds and mostly comfortable seating, fascinating architecture and some lovely renovated bathrooms, parking for 3 or 4 cars, and a location convenient to the arena, good restaurants, and the National Mall. Do not stay here unless you are easygoing about several bedrooms lacking nightstands, lamps and window treatments for full privacy; steep, narrow stairs without railings to the two basement bedrooms; unfinished bathroom tiling and problematic plumbing in some of the (many) bathrooms; motion sensor lights and an alarm system they may behave unexpectedly; coaxial cable running randomly through the house; and high ceilinged walls punctuated mostly by picture hooks but no pictures. This place could really use the eye of those Pinterest-worthy hosts that many of us frequent AirBnBers have come to expect!
With 14 in our group, there were probably an equal number of us who were fine with this AirBnB choice and those who expected much more. As the organizer, I appreciated Michael's willingness to let us drop bags early. The group before us didn't leave until after 1pm, and the hardworking cleaning team of one (!!) didn't finish this huge house until almost 6pm. It is what it is - I'd probably stay here again, but some of our others would have preferred hotel rooms for a few dollars more that what we paid - (I've noticed the pricing here has dropped since we were booked and paid.) Hope this description helps, and we wish Michael every success with this AirBnB endeavor.