We enjoyed our time here.
Pros:
The flat is very large since you have the entire floor.
The living room is super comfortable and when the weather was cool the windows got great cross breezes!
There is a large supermarket and a Walgreens 1.5 blocks away.
There is a small playground a block away and a larger one about 3 blocks away.
There appear to be lots is bus stops in the area.
Huge dining room.
Cons:
Only the “master” bedroom has a ceiling fan. The second bedroom is very warm and stuffy in the summer, especially if door is closed. We purchased a small fan for our son.
There is one window AC unit for the place and it is in the dining room. Since we were there in July during two heatwaves, this meant that the living room has a tendency to get quite a bit warmer, even with the ceiling fan. If you are sensitive to heat and booking during the summer, this might matter.
The house is historic and charming, but this also means you get some of the things that go along with an old house - The hot water in the shower was very finicky - it seemed to be impacted by the water usage upstairs? It was hard to maintain a constant temperature. All the floors creak, and loudly.
Wade and his family live upstairs, with two kids and a dog. It was surprisingly noisy at times. There appears to be a piano as well, which on a one occasions was played up until 10:30pm. Again, some people wouldn’t care about this, but some people might, so I think it’s helpful to be honest. There was a lot of noise in general because the house is old so everything carries. The man below us mentioned being able to hear our son running around in the early morning.
We were happy overall with our stay, but if I had known how hot Chicago can get in July (we had never been before) I might have looked for central AC or somewhere more modern.