Jess & Will let out good room in a very good neighborhood (Congress Park). It’s an authentic old-fashioned AirBnB experience - they live there! You hear them moving around on occasion. The basement suite is very well lit, very clean, and the bathroom is huge. Plenty of good quality clothes hangers. There’s a coffee shop (went there every day), a sushi restaurant, an ice cream parlor, and a wine bar at the corner of Madison & 12th Street, about 2 blocks away. The # 12 bus line is the closest; runs past the botanic garden and all the downtown museums. Rode it every day. I recommend Jess & Will’s place.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the ample hot water and the good water pressure. Also, it’s not at all damp! (This is a problem in Chicago.)