We came to Chicago to celebrate my birthday and wanted to do and see everything we could. However, once we got to the house and met our host, most of our plans became irrelevant. Everything about our stay was perfect. No, beyond perfect. Valerie was an extraordinary hosts The home was immaculate, spacious, artsy, and our host didn't miss a thing. There were plenty of amenities and we wanted for nothing. We shared quite a few hours with Valerie and her husband and their friends, learning about the area, hearing about the various art pieces in the home available for sale, and sharing experiences. The neighborhood is beautiful and peaceful, and everyone we met was so nice. The postman even took our picture on the front stoop. They were gracious about our late arrival (traffic, etc) and had suggestions for where three Indiana/Ohio girls could get a fantastic pizza! And Valerie even went and picked our pizza up for us!! 100% we will stay here again! We not only enjoyed our stay, but we also added to our chosen family and formed some wonderful friendships. When you stay with Valerie and Melvin, you aren't just people...you're THEIR people!
Thank you for everything, Valerie and Melvin!
~Jen
Valerie made everything so welcoming and homey. The best host I've ever come on contact with. She made us feel like family which was wonderful.
~Whitnie
Even as I begin this review of what can only be described as the ethereal experience that is the exceptional atmosphere and impeccable hospitality of #11239PullmanArtHouse, I am at a loss to adequately convey just how gracious, how refreshing, how exponentially superb this AirBnB Super Hostess truly is. My vocabulary is woefully inadequate in expressing the extent to which our weekend exceeded any and all conceivable expectations – and believe me when I say WE ARE A CRITICAL BUNCH 😊. When we arrived ridiculously later than anticipated and without appropriate communication of just how inexcusably tardy we would be, Valerie greeted us with a smile and various dinner suggestions. BUT WAIT – That ain’t the half of it: She went and picked up our pizza order, to avoid any delivery charges or snafus with nearing closing time!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND when she dropped it off with a smile and heard us giggle at having received regular versus diet soda… SHE WENT AND GOT A DIFFERENT BEVERAGE for us! Who does this?!?!? I’ll tell you who: The gracious and compassionate Valerie Avery Hargrett who is the #11239PullmanArtHouse Super Hostess, that’s who! Not only does she do anything and everything above and beyond what is reasonable and anticipated, she does so with phenomenal welcoming and helpful assistance surpassing any possible hospitality and visitation encounter you will ever experience anywhere. I said what I said: It simply does not, cannot, and will not ever be a better AirBnB experience anywhere. Ever. Anywhere!
Yet this doesn’t begin to address the atmosphere and environment which you will be immersed in while staying at #11239PullmanArtHouse: Every single detail – from artwork to furniture to kitchen accoutrements – create the most simultaneously relaxing and inspiring décor. If my car were larger, I would have stolen the chairs from the front living room. And if my conscience were smaller, I would have stolen the artwork from any given room. Literally every single vignette is flawless and welcoming. You are embraced in history and discernment and artistic expression and social responsibility and absolute overwhelming beauty everywhere. The property, the furnishings, the hosting – FLAWLESS! THANK YOU does not begin to express my gratitude and my transformation in having intersected with such a gracious and accommodating and compassionate Super Hostess. Valerie is beyond the standard for hospitality – She is the embodiment of welcoming and including and transforming for the better each heart and soul she greets. If you are fortunate enough to be anywhere near #11239PullmanArtHouse, grant yourself the absolute gift that is staying in this gem for any amount of time that you possibly can. What a blessing. We will be back again and again; and we will encourage anyone and everyone we know to do the same!
~Lisa