Short review: nice room with supplied private bath, but bad management.
Detailed review:
For anyone interested, I’ll be completely honest & detailed for this review. First, I am a night shift travel nurse. I worked at UChicago for 6 weeks for the Covid Crisis & booked this room for that whole 6 week duration. When I first inquired about the room the owner mentioned how this room is “PERFECT” for night shift nurses / doctors. Upon living in the room, I quickly came to the realization that it isn’t. I had to buy black out curtains, the walls are so thin that you hear every conversation upstairs, the WiFi connection constantly disconnected, and my girl friend and I had bug bites all over our bodies from the bed.
I believe English is a second language to the owner, which I have no issues with. But through every message with her, she would constantly say I needed to be “respectful” which was annoying & made a presumption that I was being disrespectful when the only time I approached her were about certain problems I was experiencing while living in their room.
The owner has friends who live in the house to manage the rooms. There’s rules not to cook heavy meals or anything too smelly. On several occasions the cleaners would cook fish and the smell travel to our room, hallway, and bathroom, One time the owner messaged me accusing me that a fishy smell was coming from the fridge and to remove my left over 1 day old chicken wings when the only fish in the fridge was from the cleaners.
One time I when I messaged the owner about the WiFi disconnecting, she had the audacity to tell me to call HER cable company to solve the problem. That isn’t my job. As a guest I pay for the room that the WiFi is included in, and I shouldn’t have to call her cable company for her.
There’s also an ugly cow rug in the room during my stay, and the hairs from the cow rug get everywhere. Honestly the bugs might reside in that rug.
Also one inconsiderate thing about the owner is she did not want to participate in Airbnb’s help for Healthcare Professionals during the covid crisis. Airbnb was going to waive my 6 weeks stay but the owner did not care to participate which was kinda rude since they would’ve been paid by Airbnb and I would’ve had a free stay. I even mentioned how it’ll be nice since I came from Dallas, TX as a travel nurse to assist the community of Chicago during this pandemic but she didn’t seem to care.
Aside from the management & bugs, the house & room itself is nice. Sufficient storage, microwave, and mini fridge in the room. I never had an issue with parking. I’d recommend this room if you’re only staying for a weekend, but just hope you don’t have to message the owner for anything.