I would like to say that this location was not the best fit for my friends and I during our trip to Chicago. We came to Chicago to attend local festival, Lollapalooza, and to enjoy the city together. We had originally planned on getting some place closer to the venue, but missed out on the affordably priced locations. Upon further searching I found Caryl’s listing and it looked wonderful and within a reasonable price range for the four of us. Everything went smoothly upon check in and the house was indeed beautiful. The room we rented is a 3rd floor flat space with 4 other rooms below us on the 2nd floor that were housing other guests. During our 5 night stay we felt like we had to walk on egg shells while coming in and out of the house in order to try and be respectful to other guests and to Caryl. She had lovely furniture on the first floor but had signs over it saying Please Don’t Sit On The White Furniture (which was all of the couches and chair minus one that said you may use) and an older Dining Room table that you were not allowed to use. It felt like we were staying in a museum. It became clear early on in the trip it was going to be difficult to maintain appropriate levels on noise as we came in and out of the house and while we were in our room. I made attempts to communicate with other guest if I had seen them in passing that if there were any problems with our noise to please let us know and we would quiet down immediately. After a few conversations with Caryl, we began to feel unwelcome in her house. Still trying to maintain some level of respect and peace, I had multiple conversations with Caryl about our situation and tried to make it through the rest of the trip without a hitch. After arriving later in the last night of our trip, I was met by Caryl in the kitchen telling me that my friends and I needed to leave her house. It was 3 in the morning and my friends had been asleep with the TV on at a reasonably low volume. It was at this time that Caryl had told me my friends were White Trash (we had an ethically diverse group of individuals) and that they live like pigs. She spoke of the female in our group with a harsh tone that has made me, her, and our other friends uncomfortable in the aftermath. I tried to work things out with Caryl that evening but eventually it was her husband who let us stay the night and we left in the morning, with the entire space cleaned up as agreed upon in the agreement.
Caryl has a beautiful home. I would recommend it to any older guests or people traveling to the nearby University. It was not a good fit for our group and we did NOT appreciate how she addressed us during our stay.