I was in charge of finding a place to stay for 10 women getting together for a reunion. I searched on many different home vacation rental sites for weeks and didn't find anything that came close to how perfect Hans and Helen's house was for our group. It is very stressful trying to find something that can sleep that many people, has more than one bathroom, is in a good and safe location, and will please everyone in the group. I appreciated reading the reviews of Hans' place since it gave me confidence that this was a great place. My friends and I were thrilled with the accommodations and location! The house was awesome -- it was very clean and spacious, and everyone slept comfortably. There was plenty of space -- two bedrooms upstairs where we had four in one room and three in another (it could have fit four), a bedroom for two downstairs, and one chose to sleep on the couch in the living room. Having three bathrooms was key with that many people too! There is plenty of space to congregate inside, and we really enjoyed hanging outside on the big porch as well.

The location is fantastic. The house is a very short walk to the Blue Line on Chicago Ave. Some of us flew into Midway and took the Orange Line to the Clark/Lake stop downtown where we transferred to the Blue Line towards O'Hare and only had to go two stops to Chicago Ave. stop. The house was only 1.5 blocks from there. For those coming from O'Hare, they just took the Blue Line all the way to the Chicago Ave. stop. Many of us flew in separately and everyone was very comfortable making it from the airport to the train, and then to the house by themselves.

There was also a very convenient CVS right near the Chicago Ave. Blue Line stop where you can by a $20 three-day train pass, as well as an amazing selection of beverages.

We had three people with cars and they didn't have a problem finding parking on the street (free). We didn't ever use the cars, though, since the train was so convenient. We had a blast at all of our activities in the city, including a Segway tour of the city (which we highly recommend), a Cubbies game, and subsequent merriment at "Beer on Clark" (with extremely fun Piano Bob Heckler who drew us in through the big open window with "Sweet Caroline" since some of us are Red Sox fans)!

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Hans & Helen's and would definitely choose to stay there again! Hans was also very helpful and answered all of my email questions quickly.