The apartment was very clean and updated. Aaron was great at communicating and very friendly. He really went out of the way to get parking passes the previous rented mistakenly took.
However, the building was pretty run down, dirty, and dark. The elevators definitely needed a new coat of paint and some vacuuming with the wood floors being exposed with stale and old gum plastered to it. The hallways were also poorly lit, dingy, and the hallways smelled like marijuana every time we walked through.
This is NONE of the host's fault but part of the experience of staying at this flat at this particular location in Chicago. Also, the neighborhood did not seem very dangerous during the day but definitely had some sketchy people/drug addicts just a block away.