Positives: *Location was fantastic. There's a great bagel/juice place around the corner that's cheap and great to start a day of exploring. *The key worked. *Bed was soft. *Linens were clean. *All the many people we met in the house seemed nice. *The views were pretty cool too.
Negatives: *Google maps made it a little tricky to find this place, but once I saw the rooftop mural I figured it out. *Never met the host. I met several people at the house, but not the person I communicated through the app and the person through the app left no indication I would be meeting anyone else. It would have been professional to say, "Hey, I am actually not going to be at the rental at all, but my friend ______ will be giving you the key and showing you around." *Unlike the photos, the common space was covered in their own personal items. I couldn't find a clean glass to get a drink of water, so I washed a few from the sink for myself and my friend. *The bathroom was not very clean. They need to take some bleach and grout cleaner to the whole thing. *There was one tiny, tiny mirror in our room and it was above the sink in the bathroom. Two females traveling together, it was difficult to get ready at the same time. I would recommend putting a small mirror above the desk. *Dust and crumbs everywhere. I don't know if a vacuum has been run in there in a while, let alone a mop.
Other notes: *I checked later to see if the listing indicated that this was a multi airbnb rental, but there was no mention of this (therefore the other friendly people must have been roommates?). *Noise wise, it might bother some that there was a train nearby, but I live in Chicago, so noise doesn't really bother me.