HOST: 5 Stars - incredibly responsive and proactive with anything that needs fixing.
BASEMENT: 4 Stars - overall clean and provided everything we needed for a weekend stay. Knocking 1 star off due to this listing not being clear how incredibly low the ceilings are (it is not obvious in the pictures and not mentioned in description). The ceiling is just over 6ft and one of our taller guests (6ft tall) was not comfortable walking around and showering was a challenge. His hair grazed the ceiling.
LOCATION: 3 stars - takes about an hour to get into downtown via public transit. we rented a car and it took 20-30min to get to the main spots in Chicago. We also witnessed a car break-in on that street in broad daylight (8AM), thankfully not our car but how safe is this neighborhood? Not sure.
If this was truly ~$100/night, I'd give this place 5 Stars because then the value would be worth it. However, with the fees, we really paid $240/night for a stay that didn't seem to fit that price. I think hotels closer to downtown would be more worth it for that price range and then utilize the public transit instead of car rental and parking.
OVERALL: 4 Stars