Today’s Rental “is a 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath group home with 3 floors”

This rental is located at 16th and Monroe Street, NW. The Craigslist ad says:

“$1250 / 1br – Great location 2 blocks from Metro: Large Basement in beautiful house

Great, bright basement apartment with its own bathroom in a beautiful, renovated historic house in Mount Pleasant / Columbia Heights with a sauna and backyard patio. Available Feb 11 for a 6-month lease, which can be extended if all goes well. You would share the kitchen with a small family (a late 30s couple with a 1 year old). It is semi-furnished – it comes with a desk and a leather pull-out couch.

Excellent location – 2 blocks from Columbia Heights Metro and 2 min walk to 16th street (20 min on the bus to downtown). The house is on a quiet, friendly, tree-lined neighborhood street between Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights, and less than 5 mins walk to the grocery store (Giant), Target/Best Buy, and many bars and restaurants like Maple, Little Havana, Meridian Pint, Room 11, Mola, and Red Rocks Pizza.

2 blocks from Rock Creek Park on the other side — great for nature walks and biking. 10 min walk to Adams Morgan, and 20 min by bus to Dupont Circle.

The house is a 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath group home with 3 floors:
• a 100-inch projector tv screen with surround sound for movies and sports
• hardwood floors and exposed brick walls
• sauna in the basement for common use, including shower
• central A/C and heating, all new appliances
• beautiful, well lit shared kitchen with granite countertops and gas range and stainless steel appliances
– all new appliances, including washer, dryer, dishwasher, microwave
• working fireplace
• nice patio for barbeques and outdoor brunches in back.
• Italian espresso machine (Rancilio Silvia) and juicer
• secure house
• friendly, beautiful block that throws a block party and a progressive dinner once a year.

About us: we are a small family in our late 30s with a 14-month old baby. He is very sociable, doesn’t cry much, and sleeps by 7:30/8. One is a human rights activist/photographer, and the other is an Ethiopian-American who loves to paint. We throw parties once in a blue moon, and small dinners around once a month. There is some floor noise with the hardwood floors, so it’s best if you’re a heavy sleeper. The current basement renter has worked out well with the baby, he is only leaving because he’s buying a house with his girlfriend.

We have African art and photography from all over on the walls. The big screen is our TV/movie area, and we usually watch sports or indie movies, but not too much TV. Bonus if you’re a hockey fan.

Utilities are about $120 per month extra, but that includes a cleaning company that comes every 3 weeks.

The basement is large (plenty of space for a bed, couches, desks, etc), has its own bathroom. It has a separate entrance in theory, but most people have normally used the front entrance.

We’re looking for someone who’s fairly outgoing/social with a good sense of humor, responsible, respectful, and an open-mind.

If you think this sounds like a good fit for you, email with a bit about yourself, what you like to do, and what your TV habits are (or aren’t!). 1 month security deposit required. Thanks.”