I needed a place to stay while I looked for a house in Chicago. Being new to the city made this a longer than the normal task. Laurie quickly responded to my inquiry for the apartment and after booking, she was very flexible when meeting to provide me keys to the apartment. I was a little worried about the parking, since there was a lot of residential stickers on cars and locations that I could not park at. But, I never had an issue parking within half a block of the apartment, even late at night. The location was more than I could have asked for. Not knowing the city, I was a little apprehensive, but there was tons of little restaurants, shopping and convenience stores within a mile. On the weekends, I did not need my car for anything. There is a bar (Red Door) at end of street where my girlfriend and I had a great time with a lot of friendly people. It did get a little cold in the evening, but there was a space heater available in the bedroom which more than made up for it. There is a washer and dryer available, which requires coins. Hot water for showers was never a problem. I am a television couch potato at times, so the DirecTV helped me through some miserable winter weather indoors in apartment. I would definitely stay again, or advise friends and family to stay here when they come and visit. Thanks, Laurie.