Lovely place to stay. Andrei’s place is on the first floor (just a few steps up from street level), and was as described. The light switches are a little quirky once you get in and the place seemed a little dim, even with all of the lights on (it was dreary outside too, though - not sure what it’s like when it’s sunny). We slept in the back room off the kitchen and our boys each slept in one of the front rooms. Our room was very comfortable if a little cool. The queen sized bed is memory foam, and I fell asleep each night almost as soon as I hit the pillow. The room on the same side of the house up front is smaller, but has a closet and another memory foam bed. The last room, off the dining room on the other side of the house is the tiniest with no closet (though there is a front closet if you need one), and a standard bed which was described as ‘hard’, but comfortable.
There is a full kitchen with all of the accoutrements, but there is only one bathroom which is functional, but tiny it you need to lay anything out or if one of your party tends to take longer in the bathroom (ahem!).
We went out to dinner one night - the brown line El station is not far. We brought one of our Blue Apron meals with us the other night and went out for dessert later. The kitchen had everything we needed including olive oil, salt and pepper. The Keurig was a nice touch, but I needed to bring my own tea to have something caffeine free and hot in the evening.
You could hear the upstairs neighbors coming and going, but it wasn’t that intrusive except when they were right in the entryway. When we were asleep in the back by the kitchen, we really couldn’t hear the boys talking or watching television.
The price of the place was certainly reasonable considering it has both on and off street parking, though the daily fee is a little misleading because of the high Chicago city tax and the cleaning fee.
Overall, highly recommended. We will try to stay at Andrei’s place next time we come to Chicago.