Pros:
*Great location! So close to the blue line and tons of restaurants within walkable distance. CVS & Target are also right around the corner in case you forget to bring anything.
*Host messaged before our stay to provided instructions regarding the lockbox and parking info.
*The kitchen and bathroom were fully equipped with essentials.
*The dining room was spacious with a large table to sit at.
*Bathroom sink was large.
*The place was fully decorated and furnished.
Cons:
*Internet was very slow, but maybe because 3 of us were using it. If you are traveling alone, it could be fine.
*The bedrooms were the size of walk-in closets, which was surprising but fine with me, but could be a problem for others. Note that the beds are full-size and could be a bit tight for 2 people - The listing does mention this.
*One of the beds was slightly slanted. My brother said he felt like he was going to fall off while sleeping.
*No counter space in the bathroom. While there were small shelves above the toilet, I was afraid to put things there in case they fell into the toilet.
*The building front door and apartment front door were difficult to lock and unlock.
We had a bad experience during our last night which ruined our stay. We returned to the place at 8:10 PM. We unlocked the bottom lock but found that the top deadbolt lock of the building door was locked by another tenant in the building. We panicked as the deadbolt was not locked when we arrived the day before. We tried both of the keys provided to us. One of them fit but would not turn at all. All 3 of us tried several times to turn the lock with the key, but it didn't work. We weren't sure it was even the correct key to use because we didn't have to unlock the top when we first arrived and there weren't directions to unlock that part either. I messaged the host through the airbnb app for help as we tried to unlock the door. We saw lightning outside and started to panic. It had rained heavily earlier in the day and we were worried it would rain heavily again. We saw 2 doorbells and rang them in hopes that someone could let us in. It was 8:15 by this time, so we didn't think anyone would be asleep. After waiting for a few minutes and seeing no one, we rang the bell again. Soon, we saw a lady come down and peered at us from the window of the door. She asked us tauntingly several times, "Where is your key? Why can't you unlock the door?" I showed her our keys through the window, but she continued to ask us the same questions. Finally, she opened the door and reprimanded us for not being respectful to the other people in the building. We all apologized several times for bothering her, and explained that we tried to unlock the door but it just wasn't working. She condescendingly told us that all we had to do was "Just jiggle it. That's all you had to do." She repeated this line several times as we apologized. We had obviously tried to "jiggle it" several times, so this statement made us all annoyed but we just apologized because we knew she was upset that we had imposed on her. She continued to reprimand us by saying, "How would you feel?" and telling us how we were imposing on everyone in the building by ringing the doorbell. We continued to apologize and went into our apartment. Honestly, if someone had an emergency and was locked outside, I would've gladly helped them out. If it was a very late hour, we wouldn't have even thought to ring the doorbell, but it was 8:15 PM. To make matters worse, once we got into the apartment, I got a message from the host saying "Please be restful to tenants in the bulidng." No apology for any inconvenience or not being able to respond earlier. We were really hurt by this and it put us in a bad mood. We will not be returning.