Mary's place was perfect for us - a family of four (16 year old girl and 12 year old boy). The location was great. So close to the Mall and about a 10 minute walk to nearest metro. Great restaurants are all within walking distance, and Mary gave us great suggestions so we were never without a list of places to go. Her place is very clean and stocked with most everything you'll need (paper products, coffee and filters, shampoo, etc). The washer and dryer was handy with a 12 year old boy and with four people, all the bath towels. The common area is large so the kids stayed there on the pull out couch and the second couch was plenty big enough for the 12 year old. The kitchen has full size appliances and an eat-in table which was great because we ate breakfast each day before we left and had dinner in one night. And this may be something you don't think about but the water pressure in the shower was really good; we never ran out of hot water - when you have four people, that's important. Mary was very responsive both before and during our trip. We would stay at her place again without a doubt. It gave us the feel of living in DC which is what we wanted.