PROS:
GREAT LOCATION. Walk everywhere.
UNIQUE. Very fun to look around at the hosts art. You can tell that he's an creative & interesting guy.
BED was comfortable.
MICHAEL (host) gave me ice for my sprained ankle and was a very friendly and accommodating person.

Also, we were allowed to leave our bags while I ran the Chicago marathon and we didn't pick them up till after 2. I thought that was a very nice touch!

CONS:
1) First of all, do not rent this place if you have children. It's just too dangerous. They could fall off the roof. The tiles are chipped/sharp in the bathroom, and there is tons of art/breakable items everywhere.

2) Also, the host had about 6-8 friends over the night I rented the place to drink wine and entertain. This was unexpected, as I assumed it would be just the people renting the place who would be there. One of the guests mentioned doing drugs late into the night. It made me very uncomfortable.

3) The comforter/sheets on the bed were not cleaned. I smelled BO when I laid down on the pillow. This was confirmed the next day when we got our bags. Another guest had checked in (left their luggage) and the sheets were the same ones we had slept on the night before.

4) Overall I would recommend this place if you can handle all the above quirks. Just go into it expecting a very different experience. Probably not for someone who is an introvert.

With that said, here is the reason I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE:

MICHAEL SLEEPS IN A SECRET ROOM IN THE BATHROOM. Yes. You read that right. Unfortunately, I did not find out about this till we had already checked out. My sister told me he showed her his bathroom linen closet that had been converted into a bunkbed of sorts the night before when I was already asleep. This is weird in and of itself, but even worse is that HE CAN SEE YOU NAKED IN THE BATHROOM. I spent about 30 minutes getting ready for the marathon that morning and could hear a man snoring, but I never put two and two together. Why on earth would I think that THE HOST WAS IN THE BATHROOM the whole time I was in there?! I felt violated. I would never recommend this place to a woman.

I assumed if he rented out BOTH bedrooms in his loft to AIR BNB guests, then he was sleeping somewhere else. This is how it's usually done. I honestly would not have cared if he had told us he was sleeping on the couch, because he was friendly and accommodating... a very likeable guy, but never in a million years would I think it was acceptable to secretly sleep in the bathroom!!! Wrong on so many levels.