This is a private room in the house, not the entire house. There may be guests staying in the other rooms. The space NOTES: Typically we can arrange 24-hour FREE street parking (just in the front or near the front of the house) for up to 30 days of stays. It is the Guests' responsibility to do a simple registration with the village for street parking (Please ask the host for details). Street parking is pretty safe in this area as it is safe to begin with and the village polices are very diligent in patrolling. However if you still want a garage parking for some reasons, the cost is $7 per day and its availability is on the first come first serve basis. The payment for Garage Parking needs to be made right after your booking for securing the garage space. If you stay in the house for more than one week, please discuss the parking matter with the host as part of your booking process. REASONS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE THIS PLACE TO STAY Guests choose a place to stay based what it serves them the best. We would like to highlight a few items worth considering and invite you to book this place. (a) We run a very efficient operation and have a very competitive room rate with high quality rooms and services; (b) This house has an exceptional great location. It is about 7 minutes to Blue Line Austin Station by walking (hence very close to downtown Chicago) and has convenient access to west, north west, and south west of greater Chicagoland by car. (c) The "Occupancy Tax" is about 11% here which is much less than 23% or higher (doubled) in Chicago. The occupancy tax is paid by the guests based on the sum of room rate and cleaning fee. With this tax and parking cost in mind, it is much more economical (and without losing convenient access to downtown Chicago) to stay in a convenient suburbs rather than in Chicago or downtown Chicago. Since the "Occupancy Tax" is waived if you stay 31 days or longer, you can avoid this tax and save quite a bit of money if you plan your trip ahead and check with the host for room availability. ====== Other Information ======== Quiet and nice suburb. Close to public transportation & I-290 expressway. 8 minutes walking to CTA Blue Line Austin Station and arrive Chicago O'Hare Airport as its last station (no need to change train). 15 min to downtown Chicago via CTA train & 15 min by car (normal traffic). Near Loyola Med Ctr, Hines VA, Rush and MacNeal Hospitals. The closest grocery stores are Fair Share Finer Foods, Amer Grocery Store and Carnival Grocery. Nearby coffee shops include Circle K, Buzz Cafe and The Happy Apple Pie Shop. Nearby restaurants include Pete's Red Hot's, Happiness Chinese and Bodhi Thai Bistro. Other things to note Alteration Request Occasionally, the host may send the guest(s) an Alteration Request. Such Alteration Requests may be to just change the booked room to a similar room, or upgrade a booked room to a nicer room. Sometimes the Alteration Request does not involve a room change, but simply just an alignment adjustment of our internal booking calendar. We reward your cooperation with a FREE UPGRADE in such circumstances. In the event a room upgrade is not available, we may provide a significant room rate reduction. This allows us to accommodate needed guest extensions or necessary room adjustments due to various situations. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in accepting any Alteration Request as soon as possible. Review We try our utmost to make your stay comfortable and satisfactory. It is most helpful if you notify us immediately of any issues that need attention, and we will give our best effort to rectify them. We also welcome you to provide direct comments or suggestions to the host as this is more timely and effective. On rare occasions, some guests like to serve as an inspector and write a lengthy but improper review in public without any communication with the host. We have no choice but to spend time responding to such reviews on the same forum or contact Airbnb to address the review when warranted. We really do not want to waste our time on such matters. We appreciate the many wonderful reviews on our hosting service, and that is very rewarding to all people who are involved in making your stay comfortable. The star rating standard set by Airbnb is very high. We appreciate that most guests give us very generous reviews and we are able to maintain productive working relationship with Airbnb.