Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this 5-bedroom tudor at 5919 N. Forest Glen in Sauganash several times over the past 6 months. See our July 2011 chatter here. In July, with the house listed at $675,000, the “possessed” homedelete thought this would never sell under $600,000. But he was wrong, as this house has been reduced further to […]

This 3-bedroom “French Normandy lannon stone castle” at 5861 N. Forest Glen in the Sauganash neighborhood of Forest Glen has been on the market since January 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $80,000 to $699,000. Built in 1939 on an oversized Chicago lot measuring 60×266.4×71.61×227.4, it has an attached 2-car garage. The house […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom center hall traditional single family home at 6070 N. Forest Glen in Sauganash in May 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, many of you gushed about the house saying  it was the best home ever featured on Crib Chatter and many were congratulating the soon to […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom vintage tudor at 5919 N. Forest Glen in Sauganash in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, the house was listed at $725,000 and most of you thought that was way too high even for a neighborhood where home prices are in no way “low”. It has […]

This 4-bedroom traditional style home with its center hall staircase at 6070 N. Forest Glen in Sauganash has been on the market since June 2010. In that time it has been reduced $200,000. Built in 1930, it has a distinctive slate tile roof. It also still has many of its vintage features, including original lead […]

We return to Sauganash. This 4-bedroom vintage home at 5901 N. Kilbourn  just came on the market. It is bank owned. Built in 1937, like most of the neighborhood, it is on a 36×124 corner lot. The house has central air and a 2-car garage. We don’t know much else about it except that it has a […]

This 5-bedroom vintage tudor at 5919 N. Forest Glen in the Sauganash neighborhood of Forest Glen has been on the market for 11 months. In that time, it has been reduced $75,000. It is now listed $24,000 under the 2004 purchase price. Built in 1930 on a 40×125 lot, the house has many of its […]

This 3-bedroom Victorian at 5936 N. Kostner in Sauganash is described in the listing as an original Sears cottage home. Sold from the Sears catalog as kits from the 1920s to 1940, they are known to be plentiful in the Chicago suburbs but this is the first time I’ve seen a house described as a […]

Why go out to the movies when you can comfortably enjoy them in your own home theater such as that in this single family home at 6043 N. Kilpatrick in Sauganash. The 4-bedroom French Provincial style house was built in 2002 and features hardwood and marble floors as well as oversized windows. Listed since September 2008, it has […]

The neighborhoods along the lake aren’t the only place where you can find million dollar mansion-like homes. This castle-inspired 4-bedroom home at 4353 W. Hollywood in Sauganash on the Northwest Side was just reduced by $50,000. Thomas McCarey at The Real Estate Lounge at @Properties has the listing. See all the pictures here. 4353 W. […]