I travel to Chicago frequently but have never used airb&b when doing so. Richard's place proved to be a great alternative to a hotel. Wonderful to find breakfast basics stocked in the kitchen for my arrival. I took great walks through Edgewater and Uptown to and from the lake (Andersonville too, of course). The apartment gets good light from its windows yet still stays naturally cool on a June day -- I didn't need to use the a/c even when temps made it into the 80s. It's also extremely quiet and restful, despite being close to lively neighborhoods. Richard was wonderful about communicating with me to make sure I was able to get into the apartment easily and checked up on me afterwards diligently though he himself was travelling. All in all it was a great first-time airb&b for me!