This house was a good size for our group of four adults plus four kids. The location is an alley near the corner of Irving Park and Ashland. You are kind of in the backyard of some rental flats full of younger renters. We had no problems with noise, although some of their dogs left business in the backyard. It's neither a low-rent district nor the opposite. There are good restaurants within a couple blocks in either direction on Irving Park, but you'd have to walk a few blocks SE to get into the real "prime" part of the neighborhood. A nearby park was a hit with the kids. The L is about 5 or 6 blocks away. Uber works very well.