We started our stay with searching for the correct lock box. I put the code into all but one box before I found it. As expensive as this rental was not having designated parking was a huge pain. The garage two blocks away doesn’t accept cash so if you don’t have your debit card your either walking back or have to do what I did and flag down a random person to pay cash and use their debit card to get you out. The add says one flight of stairs which is accurate and misleading at the same time. Yes you are on the second floor but there is physically three flights of very steep stairs to walk up. Because of this I accidentally tried to put my keys in the doors on the first floor thinking I only had one flight of stairs to go up. I eventually went up the next two flights of stairs and found the right door. 2W. Once you are in it is nice. I liked the coded door. There is only one bathroom to share between the five of us who were staying there. We couldn’t figure out why there was plastic on the pull out couch so one of my sons slept on the couch and the other slept on their floor. They could have slept in my room but the living room was the only room with a tv. The house is not baby friendly. My toddler had to stay in her play pen the entire time she was there. The bath tub does have. A jacuzzi but we couldn’t figure out if it worked or not. It was nice that a hair dryer was supplied but we didn’t use it because it was stored ext to the toilet plunger. We ended up leaving our trash in the house because I have a handicapped mom and three kids with no clue where it was supposed to go. The location was great. We were super close to the beach and lots of good food. Its only a 19 minute drive to downtown Chicago. I will say that the homeowner was very easy to get a hold of. We had an accident where my son locked the keys in the house and she very quickly called us back to help us with a spare key. Super nice woman and for that reason I would stay again. Maybe without my toddler or disabled mom lol.

The property was great but…the picture of the back of building parking is deceptive. There is no parking there, you are at the mercy of finding a curb spot. We did the nearby parking garage (2 block walk). Be sure to bring washing machine pods. Nice and convenient to the train. Felt safe walking in the neighborhood.

Great and very clean place for our daughter’s graduation week.

Nice area with convenient access to the city, quiet in the evenings and a short walk from lake Michigan.

Loved the proximity to the lake and to restaurants.

The place is how it's pictured, the beds are comfortable and it's very clean. I also appreciated the coffee that was stocked for the machine. It was great to text with Micaela, very quick responses. Just a couple of suggestions - there's an iron but no ironing board which would have been great. It might also be nice to have some lamps (rather than overhead lights) in the living room and more available in the bedrooms along with more nightstands and power strips. The parking was a bit difficult, hard to find spots on street. We ended up finally using the parking garage down the street but unfortunately had to pay $10/day.

We return to Chicago to celebrate a birthday in the city that we went to collagen and reminisced about the good old days

Our stay was nice. The host was friendly and helpful. Not sure I would use Vrbo/Evole again. It is way to difficult to find and refind information needed about the property. (Check in, check out info) it was never available on the vrbo app or the evole website. And the fact that you have to use two separate places to access information about the same trip. Too confusing and frustrating.