We stayed at the property over a long weekend to visit our daughters who live in Chicago. On the positive side, the apartment is in a great location with nice access to all the restaurants and shops in Wicker Park. It is also very close to the grocery store, which was convenient since we were spending a lot of time at the apartment to catch up. The layout of the property was also nice, with 3 good-sized bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

On the downside, we were really disappointed with the cleanliness of this property, especially considering we paid a $175 cleaning fee. While the place was not messy (aka no “things” laying around), it was quite dirty. For starters, in the kitchen we arrived to find a dirty dish in the microwave and a full dishwasher (albeit clean dishes) and extremely dirty walls. Based on those factors and the fact that many of the dishes in the cupboards looked questionable, we chose to wash every single dish by hand before using it. In addition, this was the most sparse kitchen we’ve ever experienced in terms of items available – very limited cooking utensils.

Additionally, the walls and floors throughout the apartment were extremely dirty. The walls in both bathrooms were visually dripping with products and extremely unclean. When cleaning up some water that we spilled on the hallway floor, the paper towel came up black with dirt. The rug in the living room also had various substances ground into it. The ceiling fan in the living room has about ½ an inch of dust on it.

Finally, we woke up on our last day to find that the Airbnb had only provided 2 rolls of toilet paper for 6 people for 3 days, which we had run out of. And, though there were enough towels for each person (only 1 each), this is the 1st Airbnb I've stayed in that doesn't have extras in a linen closet etc.. just in case.

The beds/sheets were seemingly clean, so we felt comfortable staying.

Overall, this property may only be appropriate for something like a bachelor party who are using this as a place to crash and literally nothing else – although I’d expect they’d need extra TP! However, if the cleanliness is rectified, then this could be a wonderful place to stay!