This was a so-so stay. A few things could make a big difference but without those things I wouldn’t stay again.
First, to be fair, the good:
- Great location - lots of restaurants, walkable area, feels safe, easy to ride share
- Price is expensive by most standards but for Chicago is pretty reasonable
What needs improvement:
- The apartment is damp and musky. The whole place feels like it needs a good clean and fresh paint
- The cleaning fee is super high, but you’re expected to strip sheets and take out the trash yourself, and despite all of that the place doesn’t feel clean, so that was a bit annoying
- The pictures are a bit misleading not in that they’re inaccurate about what’s there, but more in that they just make it seem nicer than what it is
- The upstairs neighbors wake up at like 6:30 and make a lot of noise above you for a good hour or so
- The water boiler is right by the bedroom, comes on automatically, and is very very loud - woke us up most nights
- Small one, but there’s no microwave so if you get takeout from all the restaurants around, you can’t heat it up
With some investment, could be a lot better, but we were pretty underwhelmed