The Smithsonian house is in a quiet neighborhood about a half mile walk from the Air and Space Smithsonian and a couple of miles from the furthest monuments. Off street parking is a huge bonus. We enjoyed having three bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms for 5 adults. We had laundry facilities, kitchen, spices, coffee (great coffee!), wifi and many other nice amenities. There were also window air conditioning units that kind of kept up during the really hot days of July (96+). The down side was some of the property was in disrepair (both patio doors wouldn't lock and the outside door wouldn't close totally) but the owner did have sliding door locks brought in that you place at the bottom of the door channel. We did have a cockroach, earwigs and a couple other bugs on one day of our stay. However, the location and the niceness of both the property and the neighborhood outweighed the bad. If the owner fixes the doors, I would highly recommend this property. My family and I felt safe at all times and having a grocery store within walking/easy driving distance made it really nice. Make sure if you visit the Safeway grocery store near the property that you ask one of the clerks to validate your parking ticket so you don't have to pay for parking!