What a great find! The home is in a great Chicago neighborhood. We walked to the lake and walked to breakfast and shopping. It was safe to walk at night with lots of neighborhood bars and restaurants just a few streets away.

Don't be worried about the pull-out couch in the 3rd bedroom, it is fluffy and comfortable. Not like a hard pull-out couch at hotels. Works perfectly well.

There is a great place to hang out in the back of the home next to the kitchen area with a big sectional couch and stools at the island in the kitchen. There is a huge TV with a great sound system, we were enjoying ourselves so much that we ended up getting pizza delivered and just sat watching movies!

The home is close to the lake and close to either the bus or el to go into the city. There was so much to do around the neighborhood though that we didn't go into the city at all.

Finally, I was really happy with the partnership with the owner. Other properties had difficult cancellation policies or extra required fees/insurance in checkout. Everything the owner did here was up front and very reasonable. Good communication.