New York interior designers/sisters Hollister and Porter Hovey are in their 30s. But they love to mix antique French chairs, taxidermied birds, oil paintings of ancestors a...

Q: If I move out of my apartment before the first of the month, is my landlord required to prorate my rent? If not, how can I get him to? A: The first thing to know is that ge...

It wouldn’t have been surprising if Sara Handy and David Boylan-Kolchin had thrown in the towel. Earlier this year, the couple got involved in bidding wars on three D.C. pro...

Q: Every apartment I’ve ever lived in was supposed to be cleaned before I moved in, but it was always a mess when I got there. Is my landlord obligated to clean? Do I have a...

Like a lot of Washingtonians, Lucy and Ethel anxiously await the chance to mingle with friends at their daily 7 p.m. happy hour. The only difference is that their happy hour t...

Old Town Alexandria is starting to look a little, well, new. In the northwest section of town, near the Braddock Road Metro, apartment buildings are starting to pop up. “I l...

Can I show you my chair?  I know you want it, the wingback arms whispering that you should lean back, curl up, relax. The chevron flannel fabric. The clean lines. The price? ...

In the long-standing debate between renting and owning, Ashley and Matthew Klein may have found the best of both worlds. The Annapolis, Md., couple have rented a one-bedroom a...

When Eddie Ferrer’s garbage disposal jammed, he grabbed a computer and then a broom. “I Googled ‘How do you fix a garbage disposal?’ ” says Ferrer, 32, who owns a ...

College students can live crammed into a tiny dorm room, begging for personal space and fighting for first dibs on the hall bathroom. Or they can opt to lease an apartment on ...

For Alyson Hanish, living in an apartment previously inhabited by a smoker would never work. “I’m allergic to smoke and really react strongly to it,” she says. “I don'...

The number of hard-hatted construction workers operating Bobcats and slinging cement along the 14th Street corridor these days rivals the number of pedestrians. It’s a refle...

Virginia Arrisueño knows how to juggle work and life. Arrisueño lives at 52 O Studios (52 O St. NW; 202-232-1063), one of Washington’s oldest artist lofts. Built in 1914, ...

Would you ever post an ad on the Internet inviting strangers to pay you to use rooms in your home — like a hotel? That’s exactly what Donna Reynolds did in late 2009 after...

Six years after buying his condo in Cleveland Park, Brian Long has found himself back in once-familiar territory: scouring Craigslist.org’s apartment listings. “I’m plan...