When choosing this Airbnb, I first researched the area and understood it was not the most suburban area in Chicago. As a group of people from Detroit, the shoot out at 5pm (15 mins after our check in) didn’t really bother us as much. Because we knew the kind of area we were in. The house was clean, good temperature, enough beds for everybody, and very spacious for our group of 5. Check in was 3pm-until, I informed Mr.Bellanger that we would be checking in around 4:45pm. When we arrived, he greeted us at the front door, but stayed for an hour and 30 minutes longer, making up beds, cleaning up, and changing his clothes. The check in process is extensive for an overpriced property, there are several keys for the property, and it is a long process to park and lock up the house when leaving and coming in, no self check in as explained in description. The beds are uncomfortable and full size, not queen size as explained in description. The description states washer and dryer is provided however when we checked in, he told us it was locked and unavailable. Furniture is tacky, random, and thrown together to make a “house”.
By the end of the night we discovered car fresheners hanging all through the house. The main floor bathroom did not have hand soap in it, the hand soap container was filled with water (mixed with the remainder of whatever soap was in there previously). The children upstairs made a lot of noise throughout our stay; lots of jumping and stomping.
Saturday, we were greeted by our unexpected roommates , a few mice. We seen one mice run through the kitchen by the stove and another one in the front room while we were watching TV. The bedroom I think is the main bedroom, requires a remote to control the lights, it worked to turn the light on/off Friday, but did not work Saturday. We used lighting from the dining room to get dressed.
This was a last minute rental due to our last reservation being double booked. Our time in Chicago was great but not so much our place to call home for the weekend.