This was by far one of the best places we’ve stayed. The most important things to me when looking for a rental are safety of the surrounding area and cleanliness. Marla and James’ place definitely met those requirements.
We like renting so that we can cook and save a little money on eating out. Many places we have stayed before state they have a fully stocked kitchen only for us to arrive and there barely be anything to cook in. This place had plenty of cookware for our needs so that was impressive for me.
As others have stated the furniture is very nice, linens are high quality. Everything was super clean. The check in/check out instructions were clear and simple. I appreciated all the little notes telling where things were in the apartment.
The walk to the Rockwell brown line station takes about 10 minutes and is very easy. Just open the front door and it is a straight shot!
Beforehand Marla and James were excellent in answering all my questions.. When I asked for an opinion on something in the city that they weren’t familiar with they asked friends and let me know within a few days. Otherwise they responded to my questions within a couple of hours.
In our communications prior to our trip I made mention it was my daughter’s birthday gift. They made the extra effort to ask her name and wrote a birthday message on the chalkboard for her. She loved the little surprise when we arrived. About an hour after we checked out my youngest realized she had left her necklace. They found it and will mail it to her. Extra little things like this are things they don’t have to do, but choose to do. It is because of ALL of this I highly recommend you to stay at their place. And why I will tell everyone I know and even people I don’t know that if they need a place in Chicago then I know the perfect place!