Overall I had a great experience living there for a month. The neighborhood is a mixded crowd conveniently located a block away from the Metra (Lines 3 and 4); it is also walking distance from many cool areas and restaurants. The neighborhood changes depending on the direction you take, going south gets to be more upper scale. The city is beautiful no matter what direction you take though. The actual place is very tiny, but doable and because the bed is on top it feels like you have a living room and more space. It really had everything I needed. The neighbors are nice, the place is very safe. Fransje made sure I had everything I needed and she was in touch asking me if I needed anything. They took care of the few issues I had, right away. Overall I was very happy with my experience. I was in Paris taking drawing classes and the price made the whole trip very reasonable. If I comeback next year for the same class, I definitely would like to stay there again.