The place is super clean, equipped with absolutely everything we needed - new fridge-freezer, new dishwasher, and new bathroom (a real luxury for Chicago), central airconditioning, fast wifi, smartTV with Netflix and Hulu, and the greatest washing machine and dryer I've ever seen in my life. I only wish I'd had more clothes to wash. ;o) The beds were very comfortable and although my intial reaction had been that the apartment might be a little small for my family of four, it wasn't at all: we were absolutely at home.

The neighborhood is, you can see, slowly gentrifying but it's not completely there yet. There are parts of it that you might want to avoid late at night, but you could say that about all but the very richest parts of the city. I probably wouldn't go too far West or South of the apartment in the small hours of the morning, but then, who would? Honestly, we were made to feel hugely welcome by everybody we met - there's a row of restaurants and shops on North Avenue behind the apartment and everybody there is super friendly and helpful. If it were possible to feel like part of the community after just a few days, we did - and having the huge park just across the road is an absolute Godsend. Head over there on a sunny Sunday afternoon and watch the softball: great fun.

Last but not least: Samson himself. He's almost unbelievably responsive and couldn't do enough to help us and make sure that our stay was happy and as near to perfect as he could make it. We felt completely welcome and were very, very satisfied indeed that we chose to stay in his apartment. I can't recommend it highly enough: we've moved on now to another place (in another town) and really miss W LeMoyne!

One small suggestion: we couldn't get the Wifi working when we first arrived (a problem with our phone, not with the Wifi, which worked perfectly throughout our stay) which mean that the Kevo lock wouldn't work until we paid for roaming. If you're a domestic visitor it won't be a problem for you but international visitors might want to ask Samson (as we did) for a proper key, just to make sure you can get in!