You get what you pay for. The apartment itself is clean and affordable, however the apartment Building its in is VERY unpleasant - broken windows, dingy, dark, & clearly uncared for.
The apartment also has a second bedroom for other guests to rent separately (the Sugar Skull room) though no one else was using it at the time.
Over 3 nights the Host never met me, or inquired how my stay was going. I'm not certain that they live elsewhere in the building, or even in the area, so it's uncertain how they would have addressed my needs if any.
The keys were in a lock box in front of the building, which is fine. Though if you choose to stay here I wouldn't buy the hype about having to "arrive and retrieve the keys by a certain time" lest the keys be removed from the box and you will incur an additional check-in fee from the host for them personally providing you keys for entry. (Though as I never saw them around, I don't know how this would have occurred) As I found this circumstance odd, I checked the box at multiple times of day and other sets of keys were always present. There was also a fee of $50 if the keys were lost during your stay.
My inference is that the host rents and then sublets the apartments for income, which isn't unusual, but I was put off by these nonsensical guidelines that just seemed like a ploy for the host to earn extra money.
Cheap stay in Chicago for sure, and great for those with simple needs, but definitely not a welcoming beacon of hospitality.