Our family of eight - parents and two adult siblings, spouses, and two children, stayed at Eileen and Hugh's place in Ravenswood while in Chicago for a family reunion. Both were timely and gracious in their communication and welcome, providing bagels, coffee, milk, eggs, and juice to get us started, as well as fabulous recommendations for nearby restaurants, several of which we enjoyed during our stay. The neighborhood is beautiful and quiet and the house is as pictured, though the artwork and garden are even more lovely. As others have said, their deck was our favorite place to be. The bedrooms were cozy with very comfortable mattresses and bed linens. Being an older home, we could only use the shower upstairs, and could not run any water in the rest of the house while someone was showering, which was tricky sometimes with our party of eight, but we made it work. As we did not have a car, we relied solely on public transportation, which is easy enough to do in Chicago; just made for at least a 45 minute commute (including walking and CTA trains and buses) to get downtown or further afield. Was worth it to us to stay in a lovely, affordable home in a nice, quiet neighborhood with gracious hosts. We highly recommend this place!