This stay is only as good as the price.
I was here as a student and a lot of the time it was hard to complete my work with the slow and choppy wifi. If you have a full stay like my guest and I did, it will get very frustrating after a while. There were multiple times where the host complained about many of the rules being followed without directly talking to us, which at times was extremely frustrating. After a while, my guest and I were singled out and told we would have to leave with no moments notice, on the same day a payment was to be made I might add, and that left us panicked without a plan b. That also was done without talking to us about the issue and instead he decided to blindside us, had that actually happened we would have had to drop out of school (we are not from Illinois) and go home.
The house is only as good as it is going to get. There is not much to say on it as there is not much to it. The bedroom was clean when we got there and all linens. The kitchen was fully equipped with everything you could ever need; the living room and bathrooms were also fine. The only bad thing would be all the wood creaking, but that would be a given in an older house. The neighborhood itself is quiet, but if you have not been on the southside before I would warn you that you must be aware of your surroundings and be careful at night.
With the whole COVID-19 thing, we ended up having to leave anyway and trying to get the reservation cancelled was even harder. Minds were changed, there was a lot of miscommunication, and the whole situation was frustrating. In the end, everyone got what they needed and we are all where we need to be.
All in all, I would not stay here again. Others can and most likely will just be aware of what you are getting yourself into. The first month there was actually pretty good, just not sure what happened in those last few weeks.