Really positive stay. Communication with the host was great, really attentive and couldn't have asked for more. Beautiful little house, clearly a lot of pride and love has been put into it - this really shows. Plenty big enough for 6 or 7. It is about 15 mins by uber to downtown, which does add up in terms of costs - i probably would recommend going somewhere more central and taking a higher rent to spend less on transport. The neighbourhood is Westside, authentically Chicago and good to experience. However be aware - you really absolutely cannot walk around here at night. Every cab driver we had told us we were crazy to stay here as it was one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in the city. I was with a group of 5 guys and we didn't feel unsafe, but I would really bare this in mind - the neighbourhood isn't for the faint hearted, keep your wits about you. That shouldn't take away from the fact that this is a great house with a great host - I hope she doesn't think I'm being offensive in warning about the area, I don't mean to be at all, but I'm from inner city London/would describe myself as streetsmart and would still say this was at the limits of as sketchy a place as I would stay in. Best wishes though, with a big group of streetwise people I would say this is a good bet for Chicago accommodation.