Ryan´s place is awesome!! The kitchen is fully equipped, the showers are awesome and super clean. Super nice in general.
The location might be a problem for some people (not for me). You must definitely want to take the train to find a restaurant (you can cook at the kitchen too). Having said that, the train stop is right around the corner, so that is not a real problem, really. The house (mansion?) is beautiful. Hard to find a better deal in chicago.