The home is ideally located near the Metro station and is in a wonderful, walkable neighborhood with a diverse population and so many excellent restaurants. Definitely recommend Hand's Oyster Bar, Mr. Henry's, Ted's Bulletin, Matchbox, and Ophelia's. The Eastern Market was about 2 blocks away with a huge selection of fresh food - vegetables, meats, pasta, snacks, pastries. Weekends at the Market were even better with a large selection of street vendors with merchandise, food, and a large flea market. Trader Joe's, CVS, a post office, FedEx office, liquor stores, coffee shops, bagel shop - everything you need is a very short walk. We felt safe walking everywhere in the neighborhood and everyone was very helpful with directions when we needed them.
Living in a rural area in the West, we have never used public transportation on a regular basis, so were a little anxious about using it to get around DC. However, the WMATA website was extremely helpful and we used the trains every day of our stay. Again, so nice that the Eastern Market station is about a half block away from the home.
The home was very comfortable and it was especially great having a washer and dryer in the unit since we were there for 2 weeks. It is true that you can hear some of the upstairs guests walking around, but what little noise we did hear was limited to reasonable morning and evening hours. We did have to do some cleaning to be able to use the back porch and the patio furniture on it, but it was nicely quiet and private. The construction next door that some previous guests mentioned was not going on while we were there so was not at all an issue for us.
Kirk was very responsive throughout the booking process and to the two requests that we had during our visit. We appreciated his help and promptness.