For location, this place can’t be beat. It is walkable to Wrigley, Whole Foods, great restaurants, and several L stops. I’d be open to staying here again for this reason alone.
There are some drawbacks, however, and in my mind they are significant. The “kitchen” is virtually useless. The stove appears to be broken which wouldn’t matter because there isn’t a pot or pan to be had in the place. We bought some breakfast foods but there wasn’t a sharp knife to cut melon or bread. It was frustrating.
We were there in the midst of a heatwave and grateful for the AC but we couldn’t adjust the temperature so we were freezing in the largest bedroom (had to take a comforter off an unused bed- no extra blankets in the place) and living room while the tiny bedrooms in the back were much warmer. (No ventilation in those rooms so the place can’t be heated or cooled evenly.)
The largest bed was fine but my friends reported that you could feel the springs in the twin beds. We were so exhausted after flight delays that it didn’t impact their sleep too much but definitely not great beds.
I found communication with the host to be slow. I don’t believe they live on the premises because basement rental reeked of marijuana on our last night and host couldn’t resolve it.
All in all, if you are in Chicago and there aren’t extreme temps and you don’t need a kitchen and you don’t mind lumpy beds then this place is fine.