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Private Apt. in Historic Home: Walk to Monuments, Museums & Convention Center.

Apartment with kitchen, near White House

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Your private entrance is hidden behind these elephant ears.
Well-equipped kitchen has everything you need except a sous chef!
Firm mattress with memory foam pillow top and 1800-thread-count linens.
Pass-through from kitchen. Good for serving, conversation and as a bar/buffet.
Electric range with convection oven, warming drawer and multi-function cooktop.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional
1 bedroom1 bathroomSleeps 467.4 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Fireplace
  • Outdoor space

Explore the area

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Washington, DC
  • Place, Walter E. Washington Convention Center
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, White House
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Place, National Mall
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Washington, DC (DCA-Ronald Reagan Washington National)
    ‪13 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

1 bedroom (sleeps 4)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Dining area

About this property

Private Apt. in Historic Home: Walk to Monuments, Museums & Convention Center.

Great location—this hidden gem in the center of Northwest Washington, D.C. is ten minutes by taxi from Ronald Reagan National Airport and five minutes from Union Station. Situated several blocks from the D.C. Convention Center, you can walk to Metro (subway station—yellow, green and silver lines), the White House, the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall, Logan Circle and a legion of world class restaurants. You can also walk to Chinatown, City Center, Downtown, Penn Quarter, Whole Foods and 14th Street nightlife. Explore, rest, rejuvenate, relax!

Originally the kitchen of a large Victorian home built in the 1860s, this elegant, unique English basement apartment has seen a lot of history here in the Nation's Capital, and its current incarnation is versatile, sleek and compact with sunny front windows that receive lots of morning light.

The unit is equipped with cable, WiFi, a 43" smart TV, a Bose stereo and a full-size washer/dryer. A peaceful, private, walled garden with three water features in the rear and a small gas-powered wood stove in the living room further enhance the unit's unique charm. A four-top table converts to seat six, and four extra folding chairs are stored in the coat closet. In addition to the queen-size bed in the bedroom, the sofa converts to a full size bed that sleeps two.

If you prefer to dine at home, you have everything you need to cook and serve a seated dinner for six. In the kitchen you’ll find coffee, tea, creamer, sugar, spices, oil and vinegar. Dish and laundry soap are provided, as are shampoo, conditioner, soap, a blow-dryer and clean towels. Bed linens are provided. Inquire about additional maid service if you need it. There’s a grocery store, a convenience store, and a liquor store within a block, and up 14th Street there’s a Whole Foods and a Trader Joe's.

There is street parking only, and on request a residential parking permit is provided at no charge. The permit’s allows parking in the restricted areas around the home. You will need to provide your vehicle's plate number, state, make and color in advance of your arrival when requesting the pass.

There is a Capital Bikeshare across the street and scooter, Smart Car and Segway rental locations nearby.

The owner, Tom, lives on site and is available to provide help and answer additional questions during your stay. Welcome!

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Free WiFi
Air conditioning
Outdoor space

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 21
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock
Property Registration Number 5007242201001350

We should mention

A car is not required for transport to and from this property

About the area

Washington

Located in Washington, this apartment is in the city centre. Smithsonian Institution and National Museum of African American History and Culture are cultural highlights, and some of the area's popular attractions include National Museum of Natural History and National Air and Space Museum. Check out an event or a game at Capital One Arena, and consider making time for Smithsonian's National Zoo, a top attraction not to be missed. Discover the area's water adventures with nearby power boating, or enjoy the great outdoors with cycling.
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Washington, DC

What's nearby

  • Walter E. Washington Convention Center - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Capital One Arena - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • White House - 16 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Smithsonian Institution - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • National Mall - 3 min drive - 2.8 km

Getting around

  • 7th St. Convention Center Station - 7 min walk
  • Washington Union Station - 13 min drive
  • Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) - 23 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Green Lantern - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Seylou - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪La Colombe Coffee Roasters - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Nina May - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Supra - ‬2 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Private Apt. in Historic Home: Walk to Monuments, Museums & Convention Center. pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Private Apt. in Historic Home: Walk to Monuments, Museums & Convention Center.?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Private Apt. in Historic Home: Walk to Monuments, Museums & Convention Center.?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Private Apt. in Historic Home: Walk to Monuments, Museums & Convention Center.?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Private Apt. in Historic Home: Walk to Monuments, Museums & Convention Center. located?

Located in Downtown Washington D.C., this apartment building is within 1 mile (2 km) of CityCenterDC, Walter E. Washington Convention Center and White House. Smithsonian Institution and National Mall are also within 1 mile (2 km). 7th St. Convention Center Station is 7 minutes by foot and McPherson Sq. Station is 10 minutes.

Reviews

10

Exceptional

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Rating 10 - Excellent. 253 out of 267 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 267 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 267 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 267 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 267 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Eric P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Outstanding host and property! Everything surpassed our expectarions and was in line with the property's description and pictures. Overall an outstanding stay!
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brett O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay

Great location and it was well stocked if you want to eat in. It was quite and clean!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Excellent property! Excellent location.
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Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Washington stay

Check in was easy, kitchen was great, wifi greatGreat location, able to walk otherwise cabs were quick. Tom was a great host!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shane K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Wonderful little apartment to stay in if you want to tour the nation’s capitol. Clean, neat and cozy. Everything that you need is in the apartment.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jane M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful place, great location

Loved this apartment! Centrally located, walkable to Metro and many museums and the Mall.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Dan A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Ideal location for DC walking visit!

Tom was an excellent host who was very accessible and helpful in every way......from the seamless check in process to proactive warning texts about road closures, etc. The apartment was very clean, tasteful and comfortable. My only complaint is the number of bugs (specifically mosquitoes) surrounding the front door lights that made coming in the door a challenge. The location was excellent.....providing easy walking access to everywhere we wanted to visit in DC for a weekend. I would definitely recommend this property, and would consider again for a future DC visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

John B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very comfortable and in a great part of town

We were incredibly comfortable in the apartment. It is well located and we felt very safe in the part of town we were in. Great place to stay when in DC, so we'll be calling to rent it again! Thank you!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shari F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Road trip

It was perfect, close to everything yet quiet
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patty G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Vacation

Great location, very clean, has all the amenities, very close to many attractions and places to eat.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Pamela D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Home Away From Home

We had a wonderful time in DC staying in this clean and comfortable apartment. Close to the Metro (7 minutes), within walking distance of the White House (19 minutes), close to Whole Foods (13 minutes)--after a busy day touring the Capitol it was lovely to come back to our cozy home away from home.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ellen J., St. Louis, MO United States

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic property close to convention center

I stayed there for a convention and it was a terrific escape only a few blocks away. Well stocked kitchen. Description of property fit perfectly.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sarah S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Location and Fully Stocked w’ Supplies

This was our first experience with a VRBO. We were very pleased with our accommodations, the location, and our check-in and out procedures. Our family of five would definitely stay there again if we ever returned to Washington DC.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Laura P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome!

Super nice! Owner was Uber responsive to any little question we had. He thought of wonderful touches throughout that it feel super homey. Clean, beautiful and walking distance to so much! Would def stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne H., OXFORD

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Location

The apartment was a great location for us, while I was at a conference at the convention center! We enjoyed the convenience of the metro stop a short distance away from the apartment. I would definitely recommend to others!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jen C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

This has been a great experience for is. We werre able to check in early. Tom actually went out of his way to pick up tickets that we trying to figure out how we would ge but we wouldnt be in town in time to grab in person! How great is that! The neighborhood is safe and we used metro for most of our travels or we walked. Easy in/out. Lots of information for lical restaurants that he recommends. We will definitely be back!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dave L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stayed for a tour of DC

What a perfect location, little market one block away, plenty of restaurants withon walking distance and a sgort hop to the mall. This 1bedroom apartment has everything thing we needed, clean and modern. The owner Tom was easy to communicate with and responded quickt to my messages. This is going to be my place to stay whenever I visit DC!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

susan r.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Location to Activities

Quiet neighborhood near our family, museums, and Unconventional Diner (great restaurant). Two separate sleeping spaces was helpful. Appreciate the effort for no perfumed cleaning and bedding products due to asthma.Small grocery is short walking distance.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laura S., East Dubuque, United States

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Washington DC family trip

It was a good location, just a tad far to walk to the nearest subway
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Martine M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect place in a perfect location!

Our family of 4 (2 adults and 2 teenagers) really enjoyed Tom’s place. The appartment is very clean, includes a very well equipped kitchen and is very well located. We did a lot of visiting on foot or by using the metro or bus. We totally recommend!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kevin B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Tom's Place in DC

We loved our first trip to DC. Tom's place was amazing. He had everything we needed. Great location, great place. Tom was very accommodating. Great experience!!
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paula C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Convenient, comfortable spot in the city

Tom was great about communicating. I appreciated having a parking pass to make parking so much easier. The place was very clean, the kitchen well appointed, and the bedroom quiet. It was a great place to come back to after exploring markets and museums. Metro stations were close, and we could also walk to coffee and attractions. My daughter and I loved it!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Absolutely lovely...

Perfect. Everything was perfect. A cozy and warm home away from home. Walking distance to every place you want to be and see.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dana J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Comfort after the election

Planned for an historic celebration, which didn’t happen. But the apartment house was great comfort. Wonderfully appointed, easy to feel ‘at home.’
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Benjamin F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Definitely recommended!

We stayed in the apartment as a family of three for our vacation. The apartment is in the basement, so it is naturally a bit darker, but it is very spacious overall. A real highlight is the large kitchen, which makes self-catering very easy. The apartment has a separate bedroom and a pull-out sofa bed, which was very comfortable. There is also a backyard area where you can sit outside in the evening. A washing machine and dryer are available. Unfortunately, there are sometimes rather shady people hanging around outside the apartment both during the day and in the evening, which did affect our sense of security a bit. Communication with the host Tom was absolutely positive; he was very helpful and eager to answer questions or solve any problems. There is a bike rental station in the immediate vicinity, and two supermarkets are just around the corner. The nearest subway station is about a 5–10 minute walk away. Overall, we would definitely recommend this apartment and would happily return.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

About the host

Hosted by Tom Funk

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I'm a 5th generation native Washingtonian, with over thirty years of experience managing my own properties. I love to travel, read and dine in the numerous good restaurants in D.C. At home, I enjoy celebrating holidays, birthdays and special occasions with friends and family. I have a real sense of 'home' and have tried to incorporate that at toms bnb.

At my day job, I work as a hair colorist in a Georgetown salon. I've been a hairdresser for 36 years, and have served as hair stylist to many in the fields of politics, entertainment and media, including 25 foreign first ladies visiting the White House. Since 2002 I have worked mainly as a hair color specialist.

My travels: I've seen a lot of Europe and the U.S., a bit of Asia, Mexico, Scandinavia and the Caribbean. Most of my trips in recent years are self-guided culinary tours. I am an accomplished cook and have studied in-country, the cuisines of France, Thailand, Vietnam and India. I collect cook books, and after all I've learned, most of the dishes I like to cook are found in "The Joy of Cooking". You will find that book at toms bnb, along with a fairly well equipped kitchen.

I love to read historical novels, biographies, the memoirs of people I admire, and fiction. I enjoy attending writer's workshops, literary festivals and book events sponsored by the celebrated Politics and Prose book store here in D.C. I am working on a novel.

Why they chose this property

Washington, D.C. is my home town. The first time I looked at this house I fell in love with it and purchased it. Built just after the civil war in the 1860's, it typifies 19th century Victorian architecture and has its own unique history. It's a large and grand home with 12-foot ceilings, a fireplace in every room and many of the original features, such as heart-pine floors, pocket doors dividing the two parlors that comprise the main first floor rooms and 52 stairs leading to second and third floors. There are, of course, many things that still need to be fixed and restored, and upkeep is constant. The part of the home you will occupy during your stay was the original kitchen, at the basement level. I demolished and rebuilt it as a cozy, modern apartment that is independent of the rest of the house with its own entrances, kitchen, bath and washer/dryer.

At the time I bought the home, the neighborhood was marginalized by crime, poverty and prostitution--the legacy of the riots of 1968 after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. After years of rebuilding, the area has become a destination for city living, shopping, dining and nightlife.

What makes this property unique

Among the unique benefits of this property are its location two blocks from the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, and its convenient proximity to many of the city's museums, sight-seeing, shopping and dining destinations. If you don't like to walk, there are bike rentals (a Capital Bikeshare rack is right across the street), Zipcars (hourly car rental, 800 feet away), and Uber and Lyft will quickly and easily take you anywhere you want to go in the city. The apartment is well equipped for making your own meals, there are many good restaurants within walking distance, and lots of restaurants will deliver a delicious hot meal right to your door.

Languages:

English, French

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