My friend and I decided to celebrate our milestone birthdays in Chicago this year. We chose this place as a conveniently located alternate to a city hotel. It's a nicely remodeled, very spacious top floor unit. Once you get your things upstairs (good workout with luggage!), you enjoy high ceilings, wood flooring throughout, big eat in kitchen with center island, big living room with lots of light, and a great Bose audio system.
It's an up and coming part of town so a lot of the neighboring brownstones are either under construction or in need of remediation. However, the neighborhood is quiet and seems quite safe, there’s plenty of street parking, and a 10-minute ride into downtown Chicago (never more than a 5-minute wait for an uber or lyft to arrive). There's also a nearby CTA station if you want to take the L into town.
We wanted to stock up on some stuff and Janice recommended Mariano's--a terrific nearby market that will meet all your grocery needs and then some. Similar to a Whole Foods but with better prices, fresh foods, prepared foods, massive liquor department and even live music!
This is a relatively new listing so they're still in a bit of a learning curve. Because it was our birthdays, we splurged on what appeared to be a luxury listing, and so were puzzled that the beautiful kitchen had almost no amenities to cook with, and they only provided 4 forks, 4 knives, and 4 soup spoons (??) so we had to keep hand washing our cutlery. We weren't crazy about the dollar store plastic plates and bowls, and missed the little details that a super host would make sure were stocked (e.g., boxes of tissues, extra paper towels, plenty of dish towels, a dish drainer, dish washer detergent, shampoo, extra pillows and blankets, instructions for the electronics and gas fireplace, some information about local amenities/attractions, etc.). Nothing fatal though and Janice was super responsive and came through for us with essential items and also provided chairs and a little table for the deck so we could enjoy it for our stay.
Sadly, we never got to enjoy the gas fireplace as there were no instructions and we couldn't figure it out, and the master bath jacuzzi is basically a big soaking tub as the jets have long ago given up the ghost.
Overall, though, this is a terrific condo and some attention to the finer details will make it truly a ‘home away from home’.