Here’s my honest review…the pictures make it look nicer than what it is. When they say it was recently renovated, it’s poor quality. It looks cheap and unfinished in the bathroom and kitchen. Just being real. Even the appliances are old (fridge and stove…no dishwasher as you can see in the pic).
The place is NOT for families. Arturo told me (and I saw in the reviews) it was on the 3rd floor. He said it was 2 short flights of steps and it wasn’t narrow. Both incorrect. We’re talking about 20 steps each flight and we had A LOT of luggage traveling with a 7 month old and 3 y/o, which I mentioned to him. Carrying the car seat with the baby was brutal. My husband was profusely sweating taking our luggage up.
The chairs at the table were badly stained. I didn’t want to sit there nor my son but we had no choice (I had to spray with disinfecting spray). I mean a replacement table is a minimal fee. This looked like something someone threw on the street with a for free sign. Nothing needs to be super nice but if you are going to be renting a unit, things should at least be clean.
The building is old (be careful on the stairs as there are some gaps) and unsettled. This made for random noises at night within the walls that woke me up.
Arturo was pretty responsive I will say. Someone must have taken the batteries out the remote because we were without the TV for the first day. He brought batteries over the next day. The place is also VERY minimal so don’t plan on cooking ANYTHING. There were 2 skillets and no pot. I wanted to make my son oatmeal but couldn’t. He did bring a pot the next day but I no longer needed it.
The one con about his communication was regarding parking. We agreed to pay for his spot because we had kids and weren’t going to be walking blocks with them. Honestly, I would have preferred that over walking through the alley where I saw a rat with my infant. But he told us the day before how to pay him and because we weren’t immediately responsive he got all weird like we were trying to stiff him. He could have just communicated sooner and it would have been taken care of.
I would only recommend staying here if you are a minimalist. Maybe guys looking for somewhere to crash while in Chicago for a weekend. Outside of that, I wouldn’t stay here.