This place was not as described, please keep reading. We stayed in Lola's room on the top/ 3rd floor of The Historic Dupont Circle Inn. We received lots of messages which made this host seem so attentive. We found out later that these messages were all canned/ saved messages and there was nothing personal about this experience at all.
The listing description states that there is "access to the shared living space". There is NO shared living space unless you count stairs and hallways leading to rooms.
There is no detail about the flights of stairs being long and steep. It seems like every room in this house has beed turned into a bedroom for rent. Each floor had a least 3 rooms rented out. When you are staying on the 3rd floor, it is a brutal hike up 2 flights with luggage.
There were rugs everywhere on the floor to protect the wood floors. I get that. However, they were not secured and had tassels on the ends of them, which made rolling any kind of luggage impossible. So everything had to be carried.
We asked for extra towels weeks in advance when we made our reservation. No extra towels were there upon our arrival after midnight. There were not enough hangers in the closet either. It took until the second day before we got more hangers.
The host does not live in the USA, and the cleaning staff does not speak or understand English.
This may seem nitpicky, but for the price we paid, we were shocked that there was no box of tissues in the bathroom or bedroom. They run this like a hotel business, but cannot provide the service that hotels do.
If you are a solo traveler with light luggage, this could work for you.