First off, the house is amazing. We were in the green room on the third floor. The room was air conditioned, had a nice bed and Netflix. There were a couple of common areas, and we saw some others staying in the house. Everyone seemed very nice. The bathroom was clean and there were always fresh towels on the rack.

It's about 20 minutes downtown on the L train. We used the conservatory stop instead of the kedzie stop most of the time. The walk was a bit longer, but we liked it more.

The neighborhood looks a bit rough, some boarded up windows around, but we never had any issues. In fact we talked to a few people in the park and they were very nice. At night we did take a cab instead of the train. We weren't familiar with the area and not sure of the safety at night .

We stayed for three nights and the trip was awesome. Definitely recommended.