This was a lovely apartment as advertised. The location was incredible and the neighborhood was clean, vibrant, and full of restaurants and entertainment.
What we enjoyed most:
-"Out of the House" at Second City, (one block away!); running in Lincoln Park; dinner at Gussie; breakfast each morning at the excellent gourmet grocery, Foxtrot, that is 1.5 blocks away and has a great outdoor patio and brunch at Nookies on Wells. We took a beautiful walk to get downtown (just under 2 miles) and explore downtown.
The apartment itself was very clean and new. There is internal access to a washer and dryer and the apartment was stocked with nice shampoo, conditioner, body wash, had soap, tea, coffee, and creamer. The rooms are on the smaller side, but there was closet space, luggage racks, and benches for setting suitcases.
One of our teenagers slept on the sofa couch and said it was very comfortable. There is a nice TV with a cord to connect a laptop.
While we completely enjoyed our stay, I will note two things for future travelers. You can hear people walking and occasional sound from upstairs. My husband and one teenager barely noticed. My other teenager and I did notice. I messaged Mike about it the first night. He was incredibly responsive and resolved the noise immediately. I think if you are extremely sound sensitive, this could bother you. If you aren't this wouldn't be a big deal.
The one other thing to note is that this is a basement apartment. So there is not much natural light or outside airflow. (There is a good central air system that works very well.). This was not a problem for us, as we were there to explore the city and really only stayed in the apartment to sleep and shower. However, if I were looking for a place to be indoors for long periods of time, I would want to consider this. For us it was great because we were jet lagged and it made for dark sleeping rooms.
I would definitely recommend this apartment to friends and family.