Gary was super friendly and keeps a very clean home. Excellent location - a few blocks from the Loyola stop on the red line. Very walkable (With or without the L) to Loyola and the shops / restaurants around it as well as the lake. Everything was good with a few personal preference things that I would reconsider in the future.
While check in went ok, it was inconvenient to have to set time to get a key. Also it is in a true basement without working windows which made me a little claustrophobic. The bedroom was small - two people was tight and not great airflow so needed to keep bedroom door open at night to have a comfortable temperature with two fans going. Again totally personal preference on temp and size.
Gary also was often in the basement common space working so not a lot of privacy.
It all worked out and again, Gary was great.
Do note, if you have any physical limitations or are bigger/have heavy bags the stairs down to the basement are very steep and narrow.