Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom loft in 1800 W. Grace in North Center recently came on the market. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it just 2 years ago, in 2015, when it was last on the market. Back then, it was priced at nearly $1 million and would have been among the most expensive […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Pencil Factory Lofts at 1800 W. Roscoe in Roscoe Village just came on the market. It’s a south facing unit with 12 foot concrete ceilings, industrial windows, and some exposed brick and concrete pillars. It also is one of just a dozen or so units that has its own 10×17 private […]

This 2-bedroom house at 3536 N. Damen in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of North Center came on the market in June 2016. The house is being marketed as a teardown so it’s being sold “as-is.” It’s on a standard Chicago lot measuring 25×125. There are other teardowns with new construction single family homes on this block […]

This 7-bedroom Queen Anne Victorian at 1904 W. Patterson in North Center has been on and off the market since April 2015. Built in 1891 on a 62.5 x 125 corner fenced in lot, it has a large wrap around porch and a 3-car garage. At 8,000 square feet, it has 7 bedrooms on both the […]

This 5-bedroom Victorian single family home at 1836 W. Addison in North Center came on the market in April 2016, although it had been on the market for a time in 2015. The listing says it was built in 1894. It’s on an extra large 45×125 lot with a wrap-around porch and a garage. The […]

This top floor 3-bedroom at 2007 W. Belmont in North Center was recently re-listed after it was briefly on the market late last summer. If it looks familiar, that’s because we actually did chatter about it in 2012 when it was a short sale. See the 2012 chatter here. Back then, many of you debated […]

This 2-bedroom loft at 1800 W. Grace in North Center recently came on the market. The listing calls it “New York style” with floor-to-ceiling windows, exposed brick and concrete ceilings. There is a 60-foot terrace that runs the length of the loft. The kitchen has modern cabinets and finishes with stainless steel appliances. There is […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 1802 W. Diversey in North Center came on the market in May 2014. It is in a gated community of single family homes called Picardy Place that was built in 1995. The kitchen has maple cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. Two of the bedrooms are on the second […]

We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 1750 W. Grace in North Center numerous times over the years. You can see our May 2013 chatter here when it came back on the market after several years. We also chattered about it in 2008 which you can see here. In between, it was featured on […]

This 2-bedroom vintage cottage at 3041 N. Honore in North Center just came on the market. If it looks familiar, it’s because we last chattered about it in 2010. See our August 2010 chatter here. When it sold that August, there was an interesting discussion in the comments about the overall market conditions and FHA […]