Lee has been a wonderful host! Very responsive in communications and was willing to answer questions I had before arriving.
The Stay had ac units in all rooms (which was great since it was very hot in DC durning my stay), a nice kitchen, beds were good, and easy check-in and check out.
If your main goal is just the national mall, this location is far by foot and bus in my opinion. I used Uber most of the time and had no problems with the location being further away. The neighborhood is just homes so nothing around and any neighbors I ran into were friendly.