There was a time when gadgets were strictly the domain of James Bond, but these days, cool gizmos and technology are showing up everywhere, including new apartments. With the ...

Washingtonians aren’t known for being especially handy. In a city where more than half of the population rents, most people aren’t required to unclog drains, fix leaky sin...

In the three years that Jaclyn Finney has lived in her Shirlington apartment, she has made more than 30 complaints about noise from her upstairs and downstairs neighbors. Finn...

Good news for renters: There are thousands of new units on their way this year. Developers and banks are sloughing off their recession-era mindset and realizing there’s mone...

Simone Sutcliffe, 28, had an inside tip. A few months ago, the jewelry designer, waitress and mom of a 2-year-old son snagged a one-bedroom, rent-controlled apartment in Takom...

$2,500: U Street Studio: 1390 V St. NW, No. 406 A quick walk from the U Street Metro, this modern, 639-square-foot studio has a sectioned-off, raised sleeping area with enough...

Saying goodbye to her washer-dryer. That was one of the hardest things for Jamie Hahn when she and her boyfriend, Ben Gelfand, moved from Houston to the D.C. area so Ben could...

When Zhi Li moved into the Silver Spring apartment building Solaire in July, its 295 units were brand-new, and only about half of them were rented. With so few other tenants a...

Shirlington: $525,000 Condo: 2720 Arlington Mill Drive S, No. 1107, Arlington Bright, spacious and open with 14-foot-tall ceilings, this 1,080-square-foot two-bedroom offers ...

Renovating a dark, 1,300-square-foot ranch-style house isn’t easy, no matter what you see on HGTV’s “Property Brothers.” So when Sherry Petersik’s husband, John, sug...

How did you transition from law to design? I don’t know that the switch was so thoughtful. In my spare time, I flipped houses. I restored several apartments in Kalorama Tria...

Amy Pottberg fell in love with a 1950s-era condo. What she didn’t love was its 1950s-era kitchen. So when she bought the two-bedroom in Alexandria’s Belle View neighborhoo...

Most renters stress over finding the right apartment, but for some, the problems truly start once they’ve already found that supposedly perfect place to live. Even in the wo...

Did “The Hobbit” leave you wondering if living underground (or in an English basement — close enough) is the way to go? Renters in the Washington area who have joined th...

During my hourlong call with Ponce Cruse Evans, the columnist and on-air persow from Heloise, I learned a quick way to hard-boil an egg (in the microwave!), how to ward off pi...