We have mixed feelings about our stay at Neda's place: on the one hand it is a very large house, so it was perfect to get our family together in one house in Chicago for Christmas. There is a lot of space and having two kitchens was useful (there is only one fridge and dishwasher though; the second kitchen only has a small drinks fridge and stove). On the other hand, the house needs both maintenance and a serious deep clean. The dishwasher did not work and the stove on the main level has seen its best days (it is missing several knobs and keeps igniting when using certain burners). The mattresses are very soft and both mattresses and pillows are full of yellow stains as neither have mattress/pillow protectors. Both are easy and cheap to get from e.g. Ikea and would be far more hygienic as they can be washed. The house looked superficially clean when we arrived, but after one hour the soles of our feet/socks were black. There was no functioning vacuum cleaner.