Blaise has a lovely home! The apartment was clean and spacious. It was in a location that was close to a lot of cool restaurants and bars. Blaise was very good at communicating and getting back to us if we needed anything. The only con to our stay was that we had very loud neighbors that had parties until about 4 am every night. They would stomp loudly on the ground and blast music all night long while yelling over each other. We would have been more understandable but quiet hours were at 10pm and we respected that rule. We are unaware if those people lived there or if they were staying at an airbnb as well. We were in town for Lollapalooza also so that could have had something to do with it.
Overall, Blaise was an excellent host. His neighbors didn’t reflect poorly on his character at all as he was still very accommodating the rest of the trip. If you’re looking for a place to stay that’s not in a super congested part of Chicago, I would recommend the Belmont House to you!