I was reluctant to keep my reservation after reading the other reviews. Much of the negatives others have written are either false or have been corrected. In either case, this hotel is just fine for a short or longer term stay.
The negatives: Short on frills. No pool, no fitness or business center, no breakfast, no airport shuttle, few restaurants in walking distance. The hotel is an extended stay property and many of the guests are traveling contractors and the like. So it wasn't difficult to find empty beer bottles on the grounds but not to excess. The hotel is in a business park so weekends are very quiet.
The positives: Clean, modern rooms, small kitchen with a full size fridge, relatively comfortable bed, quiet, and a friendly helpfull staff.
I found a weekend rate that was 1/2 of what other hotels in the area were charging.

In short, I would reccomend this hotel if all you need is a safe, clean and reasonable place to stay for a night or two.

Here’s what you can expect when you first check in:
The rooms are very small, and the kitchen is hardly useful. There is no dishwasher, no dish soap, no range, and only 2 of each dish. The dishes are dirty upon arrival, and mine had food caked onto them even. The microwave is filthy and most of them barely work. The TV was damaged and you get a dozen different stations. The bathrooms are very dirty and will often still have soap scum, hair, and whatever crap stuck to the sink and tub. The Internet moves extremely slowly, making most things a complete pain to do, like opening pages with a lot of Flash on them, or the like. The rooms smell horrible. They smell like stale cigarettes and body odor. I tried airing out the room for an hour at a time (despite the below freezing weather) and it just doesn’t help. The problem is that the heating unit for all of the rooms is connected, meaning if someone lights up a cigarette down the hall, you will smell it in your room, or if someone burns some popcorn downstairs, you will smell it. Unless you turn the heater off, you get every bad smell in the building right in your room.

The staff is very mixed. Some people are very helpful, some people, not so much. When I first got there, they gave me my room key and I went to my room only to find that someone was already staying there, so they tell me they don’t have a room for me. After a lot of disjointed and confused phone calls, they finally place me in a room.

I had extra charges thrown randomly on my bill and yet no one seems to have any clue as to where they came from. No one seems to know much of anything around here. It's really irritating that they are so disorganized, meanwhile, I've got an extra $500 on my tab that I do not owe and no one has a clue how to get rid of it.

Also, you ever wonder why they don’t include pictures of the rooms online? Maybe it’s because if you saw the rooms, most people would be turned off immediately. They are small, dirty, not well ventilated, and the “kitchen” is a total joke. The rooms look nothing like the floorplan included in the pictures. If you want to save a little money on a place, just go to Motel 6 or something, but this really isn’t worth the money and aggravation.

The Homestead consists of three main two-storied buildings and one or two outbuildings. Only ten minutes from BWI airport, it cost a mere sixty-some dollars a day for the week I stayed here. There is a movie theatre next door for entertainment purposes, a Ruby Tuesdays across the street for meal purposes, and a Wendy's a parking lot away (for snacks). Other than that, nothing is within walking distance of this hotel.

The rooms are spacious and have full cooking amenities provided (like real silverware). Tubs are clean enough to bathe in; this is of note, I've been to some hotels I barely feel safe showering in. The maids only come around once a week to tidy up and replace towels, though, and if you want them to come by more often you must pay additional service fees.

Speaking of service fees, you are charged a one time fee for WiFi. It was slow for me, but it got the job done.

The clerks at the front desk are courteous and friendly, but for security reasons, one must use a phone to dial the front desk in order to access the main lobby. Also annoying, the front desk closes at nighttime and doesn't open until 0700, so if you're trying to check out while they are closed, you might have to jump through a few hoops.

Recommend staying here if you are on a tight budget and don't mind giving up a few luxuries.

I checked in late and the desk clerk was friendly and helpful. I was not suprised when the room was sparse and older, since I had paid a very reasonable rate.

I was awakened at 12:30 am by banging on the door of the room next to me and kept awake until 3:30 am by loud, violent voices, things being thrown against the wall, doors slamming. I tried to call the front desk twice but got no answer. I was fully prepared to pack up and leave, but to be honest, I was afraid to leave my room.

They left the room next to mine around 3:30 and did not return before I checked out at 7:00. I mentioned the problem to the front desk clerk when I checked out and she was very apologetic. I have written their headquarters and not received a reply.

I would not recommend this hotel nor will I ever stay there again.