We are former Chicagoans in town visiting our family and enjoying some kid (ages 2, 4, and 6) friendly sight seeing. We picked it based on the location for our specific needs and price. The neighborhood was nice and quite with convenient parking and had great access to buses, trains, and stores. It was spacious for a one bedroom apartment. I could tell the hosts made an effort to make their place hospitable to their guests with lots of little touches like toys for the kids, movies (we enjoyed watching a documentary on Chicago history), books , etc. They were very responsive to our questions and needs. And although a futon is a futon, we overall enjoyed our visit. Definitely better than staying in a standard one bedroom hotel with three kids for that price.