- Quiet residential setting, apparently low-key and safe.
- Trees and greenery, no massive parking lots as is often the case with motels.
- Away from street traffic. Quiet neighbors (many seem to be associated with UNC). No local commercial traffic or noisy garbage pickup at 5 AM.
- At same time, restaurants and retail within walking distance.
- Short, easy walk from parking area to unit. If you're staying a while, you may have lots of luggage to unload.
- Spacious units. Easy for one guest to work in living room while others sleep in bedrooms. Two bathrooms in our unit.
- Full-sized complete kitchen and washer/dryer.
- Ability to adjust temperature of individual rooms' HVAC separately. Ability to get fresh air from open windows, which is actually feasible since neighborhood is quiet and safe.
- Thoughtful housekeeping. No heavy artificial fragrances from highly perfumed cleaning products as often used in hotels. Guest with asthma had no problem.
- On bus line, which runs pretty late and appears safe and well used.
- Easy, quick access to very pleasant, conscientious owner if needed. Not like motels with powerless night clerks (“Sorry there’s a dead cow in your room. I’ll leave a note for the manager and maybe he can do something about it tomorrow.”).
- Flexibility in arrival/departure times

Eric was the best host ever! The level of hospitality was astounding. We had an amazing stay: it was super cozy, relaxing and very comfortable. The apartment is exactly as the photos show. It's at a really convenient location, it is a minute away from restaurants and a block away from a beautiful forest trail. Eric was also very helpful and flexible, and was incredibly kind to work with our specific needs (we traveled with our 3 mo. old baby). We're coming back, undoubtedly. I totally recommend Chapel Hill Inn Town.

We really wanted to like this place but it did not work out.

Pros: quiet area, good WiFi; big washing machine and dryer; nice deck to sit on and enjoy the trees, pretty location, parking available. Easy drive to downtown Chapel Hill and UNC. The surfaces in kitchen and bathroom were clean. Bed was fine. Manager was helpful and provided all of the necessary instructions such as driving to the townhouse, finding the key, etc...

Cons: old townhouse with stained rugs, stained upholstery, needs a new coat of paint on the walls. We felt pretty uncomfortable with the general grubbiness of the building and left one day early, forfeiting more than $112 (not fun).

Whether or not you like this place depends on you and your comfort level with old (not antique) furniture, rugs, etc… that are not in good condition. We paid $337 for three nights (this was with the cash discount) and wish we had gone to a hotel instead. If you have many people, need to cook, and don’t mind the issues described – you will probably be fine here. The photos will give you a good idea of what it looks like.