For anyone not from chicago, you may not know but this home is not in a safe location for walking or taking public transportation and there are no restaurants in the area. It’s about a 25 min drive to get to the city. The good thing is there’s enough parking for two cars. The parking is tricky, there is a fire hydrant right in the middle of the driveway so it’s easy to hit Your car if you don’t see it. There’s a bolt lock on the gate which has to remain unlocked because guests don’t have a key. Which means you have to get out of your car open the gate, pull in and then close it. A bit inconvenient and could be dangerous if we weren’t such a large group. One night we accidentally locked the gate. The host had to come unlock it so we could get back it. They were not happy about that at all and replied with a sarcastic message. In our defense the instructions only say you don’t need to lock the lock, not “do not lock the lock or you’ll be locked out”. I also didn’t like that someone could come by, lock the bolt lock and we would be locked in the home.
The living space in the home was spacious, great color combo with the furniture. We didn’t use it but it’s cool to have a karaoke machine. When we came back home after the owner opened the gate the karaoke machine was on and it’s had a lingering smell of weed. Makes me think the owner entered the home while we were out. The owner does respond quickly with questions. Please note while the nightly fee may seem reasonable the $399 cleaning fee is exorbitant. The home wasn’t dirty but it is not professionally cleaned. There were dirty clothes left in the washer, a blanket on the dryer, spider webs in the bathroom, junk drawer in the kitchen.
I like that two of the three rooms have access to the outside. Not much furniture to sit out there but it’s nice to stand. The beds were hard and the sheets were mix matched, thin and cheap. The bedrooms on the second floor are hot. It’s two completely different temperatures upstairs and down.
Some additional things the Airbnb could use that it doesn’t have:
Iron/steamer
Coffee maker tea pot
Replaced water filter on fridge
So if you’re just looking for somewhere to lay your head with a group and a nice spot for conversation it’s good. If you’re thinking you’re going to get vacation cozy luxury then you will need to find another home. We personally wouldn’t stay there again.