The best thing this Airbnb offers is the location in regards to downtown. You cannot beat this location, short of sleeping on a rail station. If you don't want to hear the train while you chill in your Chicago based airbnb this is the place. The second best thing is that hosts were incredibly responsive and helpful. Third, the room and space is massive, with large windows that provide great views of the city.
The room is in one of those adult dormitory type of places, aka commons. A lot of the rooms and areas pictured are of the common spaces available to the whole building, not to just the room you're booking so be aware of that. The room itself provides you with the absolute bare minimum. If you're looking for a place with charm and character this is not the place. There are bare white walls, no decor, a TV, a bed, a couch and a few small tables. Perfectly acceptable, but worth knowing going in.
In regards to cleanliness: unfortunately the first thing we noticed was that every single dish in the kitchen was dirty. We had to wash a deep red sauce like substance off of everything from utensils to muffin tins. The floors were absolutely filthy, going barefoot meant your foot needed to be brushed as an abundance of crumbs and debris would be stuck to the bottom. There were crumbs and hairs in our sheets and linens. There were hairs of various varieties everywhere, including in the shower drain which I learned when accidentally uprooting a wet clump with my foot. It really shattered the illusion of room cleanliness, truly wish the room had been cleaned better before our arrival.
Last issue: one of the hosts got dates mixed up and came into our room while we were inside hanging out. It was off-putting and understandably made everyone uncomfortable.
that said, I still definitely recommend this place if you need something close to downtown! Just bring slippers and prepare to wash some things before settling in.