This rental is located at 3300 Brown St. NW:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“House w/2 BR’s in Mt. Pleasant – close to Metro
Comer of Brown and Monroe streets

Your own house – an end unit with lots of light! Lovely living room and dining room with gleaming hardwood floors.
Upstairs two bedrooms and one bath.

Downstairs there is a recreation room for lounging and the laundry.
There’s a front porch for sitting on, a wonderful comer store just a block away and then – Metro and all the new excitement of Columbia Heights only four blocks away!”

$2,250/mo. plus utilities sound right?


This rental is located at 5th and T St, NW:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“2 bedrooms to the mid and rear. 1 Bath.
HighEfficiency central heat/air
washer/dryer stack
Large enclosed private porch area to rear.

Second floor townhouse apartment offers bright city living on the eastern edge of bustling U St.
Bright building faces West/East and South offers nice year-around exposure.
The main livingspace and kitchen to the front. The kitchen has built-in seating for 4. Bedrooms and bathroom are to the rear.

There’s an enclosed, unconditioned porch to the rear –exterior — offering private outdoor entertainment space. The unit is also accessible via city alley to the rear. Private parking available under separate contract.

Townhouse is situated close to the metro at 7th and S Sts. NW. It’s is one block from the Howard Theater restoration and close walking distance to 9:30Club, Nellies, and abundent street scene on U St.”

Possibly a good roomate option? $1950 sound right for this 2 bedroom?


This rental is located at First Street NW at New York Avenue NW:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“1 bedroom located in a 4 unit building. This unit has bamboo floors, a washer/dryer, a new central air system. The place is 7 blocks to Georgetown Law school. 3 blocks to the New York Avenue (red line) metro, 4 blocks to the convention center (yellow & Green line ) metros. It is also 10 blocks from capital hill. Parking is not a problem and the place is pet friendly. It is the second floor of the building. A dog friendly park is located across the street. Available immediately.”

$1400 sound right for this 1 bedroom?


This rental is located at Cleveland Avenue at 34th Street, NW:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“SUNNY ENGLISH BASEMENT APARTMENT WITH PRIVATE ENTRANCE THROUGH LOVELY GARDEN IN QUIET AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN SIGHT OF WASHINGTON’S NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. EASY WALK TO WOODLEY PARK/ZOO METRO, BUS LINES, RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES. PARTIALLY FURNISHED, ALL STANDARD SIZED APPLIANCES AND NEW WASHER AND DRYER. MEXICAN TILE FLOORING IN THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM. AIR CONDITIONING, WIRELESS, HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND CABLE TV. PARKING NOT A PROBLEM. SORRY, NO SMOKING OR PETS. UTILITIES INCLUDED. 
ONE YEAR LEASE.”

$1790 sound right for this English basement?


This rental is located at Nevada Ave at Military Rd NW:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“Two blocks east of Conn Ave. All utilities, cable & WiFi included. Separate entrance leading to huge kitchen. Four windows, AC, laundry room, off-street parking. 740 sq.feet, ideal for ONE young professional or graduate student/intern. 6 month lease minimum, 12 month preferred.”

$1190 sound right for this english basement 1 bedroom?


This rental is located at E Street SE at Pennsylvania SE:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“Furnished with utilities + wifi access included! Spacious basement studio in fabulous location, steps off Pennsylvania on E street between Eastern Market and Safeway. 4 blocks to 2 metros, several buses, great restaurants, coffee shops, bookstores, and more. Walk or bike or bus down Penn to the Capitol or Smithsonian or federal agencies. Close to Canadian Embassy and Union Station. Well-lit neighborhood where everyone knows each other, across from elementary school, with alarm system on house. Available space is the entire FINISHED FURNISHED BASEMENT. Separate entrance, separate bathroom (recently renovated), separate cooking space (microwave, stovetop, fridge, no oven), shared washer/dryer, separate exit to fenced yard. No pets, no smoking, no drugs.”

$1095 sound right?


This interesting rental is located at 3308 19th street nw at Park Road:


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The Craigslist ad says:

This is a great artist space for rent with high ceilings. The space is 90 SF, 9 1/2 feet deep by 9 1/2 feet wide and 10 foot high ceilings. The space has two very large windows so there is great natural light in the studio. The studio has a storage closet to keep your paints or other supplies.

See Studio B in floor plan pictured below. The studio is on the upper level of this building pictured below and is the smaller of the two studios in the floor plan.

In the past the space has been used by a paint artist.

Electric utility is extra and the common space electric is split 3 ways between all studios, the electric tends to be minimal ($5 per month) except in the winter if you use the baseboard heat and don’t turn it off when you are not using the Studio. There is a full bathroom that is shared off the common hallway and gives water access to all.

This is not a livable space and there is no possibility of sleeping/living at this studio, the building is not zoned for this type of use.

This artists studio is yours for $300 monthly.

And on a more traditional note – does anyone have recs for a summer lease:

“Dear PoP,

My friend just finished her second year of law school at Syracuse, and she got a very last minute internship in DC. The only problem? She needs housing, stat! I recently moved out of DC, *tear*, otherwise I would have her stay with me. She will need metro access (the internship is near Dupont), and the summer internship ends most likely around the beginning of August. Obviously, the cheaper, the better. If anyone has a need for a summer roommate or knows anyone who does, please e-mail summerinternDC at gmail dot com.”


This rental is located at 1927 17th St, NW:


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The Craigslist ad says:

Open Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 from 6 to 7:30 PM Small six unit building.
1927 17th St N.W. WDC 20009 (between T & U) Apartment Unit #3 Second Floor, around 300 to 350 SF. Metro: Dupont Circle Station
Available now, carpet floor, nice kitchen with tile floor, washer and dryer, dw, AC/ heat (all electric) Three great windows facing 17th St.
parking available for $145
Monthly rent is $1285 plus utilities (average utilities by last tenant: $50 elec $20 to $30 water) Electricity separately metered, water prorrated by all 6 tenants.
One year lease, small pet ok. Pets fees are non refundable cats $300, small dogs $400
Professionally managed by Chatel Real Estate Inc. located one block from building
At lease signing, please have one (1) month’s rent, a security deposit equal to one (1) month’s rent
$50 application/credit check fee per person by the management company (non refundable)

$1285 sound right for this studio?


This rental is located at Newark St. NW at Connecticut Ave. NW:


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The Craigslist ad says:

For rent in Cleveland Park Historic District on Newark Street NW in Washington, DC. Available June 1. One year-lease minimum. Monthly rent is $1,800 for one person (plus additional fee if 2nd person shares the same bedroom), plus one-month security deposit. No added charges for utilities, use of owners’ private backyard gym, & high-speed broadband for Internet connectivity.

— L-shaped living room area (see photo below) includes two rosewood & black leather chairs, contemporary Tibetan rug, small dining room table with four chairs, set of three rosewood nesting tables, two standing lamps, teak bookcases, recessed overhead lights, & audio/video equipment, including 5.1 Digital Dolby sound system with high-end M&K speakers, DVD/CD player, large high-definition television (with lots of cable stations), & tape deck.

— Office/den (see photo below). Wired or wireless access to LAN offering high-speed broadband Internet at no extra charge.

— Bedroom has one French mahogany bed with queen-size mattress & ample closet & shelf space. Bedroom also has teak night table, standing lamp, & recessed lights.

— Basement apartment’s kitchen includes stove, microwave, full-size refrigerator, full-size washer & full-size dryer (note: washer & dryer are shared with owners), dishes, pots/pans, utensils, serving dishes, glasses, etc.

— Bathroom has tub with a shower. Medicine cabinet has “make-up” lights.

— Window air conditioner in office/den provides cooling for whole apartment. Modern slider windows in every room. Floors in each room (excluding bathroom) are maintenance-free quarry tile. A sand-blasted brick interior brick wall links living areas to kitchen via short hallway.

— Use of owners’ private gym located on property in separate backyard structure. Our gym is a British-style glass conservatory (22 feet x 25 feet) with views of gardens (see photo below). Aerobic equipment includes Precor elliptical trainer, recumbent bike, treadmill, & 4000 PT Stairmaster. All face 50-inch plasma monitor fed by both gigahertz LAN linking tenant’s & owners’ computers to gym computer (for reading E-mail, Web-surfing, or other computer projects while exercising), as well as cable TV. Gym also has free weights & four anaerobic stations, including linear leg sled, Smith machine, hamstring extension, & Lat pull-down. Thick rubber mat floor, two walls of leaded glass & 2 walls of mirrors & teak wood. Two ceiling fans. Heated & air conditioned.

— All rooms have windows with security bars. Basement apartment entrance (to the basement apartment kitchen) has two doors: one is a storm door with wrought-iron security bars, & immediately in front of the storm door is a wood door with windows.

— Apartment has separate entrance facing our gym & beautiful gardens (featured in the Cleveland Park Historical Society Garden Tour). The house is very quiet.

— Our English-Tudor home – set on a hill about 25 steps up from Newark Street (see photo below of house on the hill in winter) — was built in 1906 & is about 500 feet west of Connecticut Avenue, three minutes from stores, restaurants, & subway/Metro (Cleveland Park stop on Red Line). We have owned & lived in the house since 1974.

— Non-smoking. No dogs (no exceptions), but one cat would be welcome.

$1800 sound right?


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