Safe and accessible location, close to a few restaurants, pharmacy, public transit. Unit was clean. Hallway had a bit of an odor but the unit itself had no issues. Basic accommodations including clean linens, comfortable bed, kitchen with the essentials, small dining area, clean bathroom with a few toiletries available, small living room.
In the future, I would recommend removing the mention of free parking from the listing because there is only street parking that is restricted to certain times. Specifically asked the host before check-in to confirm that there was free parking and was told yes and don’t worry he will make sure we find a good spot. At check in we asked about the restricted parking signs and the host said in his experience we would not have a problem. We decided to find legitimate parking elsewhere so that we would not have any problems. Next day I saw a car in the ‘free parking’ spot with a ticket on the windshield, so I’m glad we didn’t just take the host’s word for it. After checkout I mentioned the issue to the host and he said he could give us a ‘special deal’ if we book again, without mentioning anything specific. Because there are so many Airbnb options available in Chicago and the host failed to be honest about the parking situation or offer a real resolution to my problem, I would not book with him again.