Unique Lincoln Park 1-Bedroom Coach House Back on the Market: 2011 N. Kenmore
We last chattered about this 1-bedroom coach house at 2011 N. Kenmore in Lincoln Park in March 2010.
See our March 2010 chatter here.
Last year, many of you thought it was overpriced for a 1-bedroom.
It has since been reduced $34,000.
If you recall, it is a duplex loft-like unit with skylights, exposed brick and exposed pinewood ceilings.
The kitchen is newer and has white cabinets, stainless steel appliances and black limestone countertops.
The listing says a new half bath was added and that the master bathroom has been completely renovated with a new rain shower.
Last March, the Groove said he was “strangely drawn to the shower”.
It has central air but no parking. The garage in the picture is for the building on the other side of the coach house.
Located just a block from the Armitage brown line stop and all the shops/restaurants of the area, what price will it take to sell this coach house?
John Krueger at Koenig & Strey Real Living now has the listing. See the pictures and a virtual tour here.
2011 N. Kenmore: 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, no parking
- Sold in June 2000 for $169,000
- Sold in July 2003 for $241,000
- Sold in May 2007 for $295,000
- Was listed in March 2010 for $349,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $315,000
- Assessments of $110 a month
- Taxes of $2970
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer
- Bedroom: 21×18
- Living room: 24×13
- Kitchen: 13×9
I dig it. I say sub 280 takes it.
Id pick this up for $250 or less.
Closes for somewhere between $225k and $250k, eventually.
Whoa! Way better deal than the Logan house!
“Last March, the Groove said he was “strangely drawn to the shower”.”
of all the stuff i type this is what i am quoted saying?
but it has a 80’s battlestar galactica vibe to it!
still one of the coolest quirky listing on cribchatter!
Can anyone suggest a buyer profile for a place like this? I’m stumped who the target market for this might be.
What’s going on in front of the door in picture 7? Is that an optical illusion or a hole in the floor right near the door? Have I had too many drugs and just can’t see clearly?
crazy cat lady or obese hipster
Rick, why are you stumped? The buyer would be anyone that wanted a one bedroom condo. There are tons of people that would want this from an in town place for a empty nest couple that want an alternate to high rise living, to a young married couple or just a single 30 something who don’t like high rises. I never have been a fan of high rises so I was always limited with buying a one bedroom apartment.
“Can anyone suggest a buyer profile for a place like this? I’m stumped who the target market for this might be.”
groove and his wife pre kid, pre 30’s
This place is really great. Lola well designed and sunny.
I don’t think you can compare this to the standard one bedroom condos out there.
Lola=really.
#Semaj on June 21st, 2011 at 1:37 pm
What’s going on in front of the door in picture 7? Is that an optical illusion or a hole in the floor right near the door? Have I had too many drugs and just can’t see clearly?
I don’t think drugs are to blame – if you look at the floorplan of the second level, you can see that missing section:
http://www.smartfloorplan.com/il/v300826
lmao on Groove’s quote. If I ever see Sabrina in a bar, she’ll get a few free drinks for this one…hehe
Groove thank you so much for all the laughs your bring to us on CC : )
“Closes for somewhere between $225k and $250k, eventually.”
I’d pay 230k for it. Goes for 288k.
“crazy cat lady or obese hipster”
Crazy cat lady yeah. Hipsters don’t like this part of town. Too near the jock/jockette sportsbars and remember hipsters believe they were tormented by them in school, even though they weren’t and hipsters are just mental.
“Can anyone suggest a buyer profile for a place like this? I’m stumped who the target market for this might be.”
Someone like me who likes this place but really wants that garaged parking spot next door so starts a territorial dispute and gets my friend to hack GPS units showing that garage’s territory on my property.
“Someone like me who likes this place but really wants that garaged parking spot next door so starts a territorial dispute and gets my friend to hack GPS units showing that garage’s territory on my property.”
Of course it is, as you own an undivided interest in all the land under the unit, the garage and the neighboring building.
Convenient location for CTA and shopping, but no yard, no parking and it’s tiny. Pass.
““Can anyone suggest a buyer profile for a place like this? I’m stumped who the target market for this might be.”
30-something who is scared of heights, has taken an oath of celibacy and enjoys being near high end shopping.
“30-something who is scared of heights, has taken an oath of celibacy and enjoys being near high end shopping.”
Oath of celibacy??? Do you know how much college tail I could pull in this place?
I actually quite like this place and if I were a widow, would have loved to live here : )
I am completely construction ignorant so sorry if the question is dumb, but cannot they make a little bedroom on the right hand side of the living room after opening a little window there? Then it might appeal to young couples with one or two young ones.
celibacy as not married not abstaining from hook ups : )
“Of course it is, as you own an undivided interest in all the land under the unit, the garage and the neighboring building.”
I could be creative in the territorial dispute to make sure eventually that garage would be unoccupied and if the owner was willing to rent I would be up for it!
You need to think Kim Jong Il style in situations like this to get what you want.
“I could be creative in the territorial dispute to make sure eventually that garage would be unoccupied and if the owner was willing to rent I would be up for it!”
Think you could pull the same thing in a high rise? This isn’t a fee simple coach house, it’s part of the condo association.
“Think you could pull the same thing in a high rise? ”
No high-rises have large HOAs that operate in a methodical, corporate like structure.
It’s a lot easier to be a d___ with a small HOA because honestly the neighbors don’t want to deal with the government overhead.
It reminds me of one of those oddly shaped places they use as examples of tiny living in an IKEA catalog. I love that countertop, and the shower. But what’s on the ground floor? Is that someone’s garage you’re living over? And the weird trap door?
“a moped with a 50cc engine yet the moped has to be licensed, insured and registered.”
Look at Max’s floorplan:
http://www.smartfloorplan.com/orders/bin/player07.pl?file=public_html/il/v300826/v300826.xml&map=yes
“Think you could pull the same thing in a high rise?”
For instance some of my friends live in a unit of a two-flat. The other unit is occupied by some dude who has lived there forever. Neither of their leases mention parking but there is a two-car garage on site. The other dude had a bunch of junked crap sitting in the garage occupying enough space for the other spot.
My friend moved his old beater in there, it barely fit with the junk. Then the neighbor decided to get a car and he wanted it garaged. My friend wasn’t budging as there was enough space for two cars.
So the neighbor had my friend’s car towed out of there and parked on the street, moved his car in there and had the locks on the garage changed. He even admitted this to us.
My friend called the cops who came, took a report, and basically said without video proof and explicit verbiage of the lease stating parking was included they couldn’t do much, even if it was illegal to move his car. My friend due to a paper-work mixup wasn’t on the lease, and parking wasn’t mentioned on it either.
There are multiple other occupants in the building with a vested interest in ensuring all hell doesn’t break out between those two, and the situation blew over. Neighbor expropriated a parking spot successfully.
Oops, meant to quote Jennifer.
Bob, that’s a lease. This is a condo, with the parking *undoubtedly* covered by the declaration. So, you break in to the garage, commit GTA, and squat in a space that is *clearly* not yours, you actually think that it work out the same way as your case, were there was *nothing* in writing? Really? Been drinking today?
“So, you break in to the garage, commit GTA, and squat in a space that is *clearly* not yours, you actually think that it work out the same way as your case, were there was *nothing* in writing? ”
Never said the method would be the same. There are ways to get ownership of that parking PIN, is all I’m saying.
Cute for a agile single short person.
But. Door immediately at sidewalk is a security hazard – one well-placed boot-kick and the bad guys are in, unsuitable for many condo-shoppers. Note vintage carriage house is shared with cars – sure hope there’s a 2-hour fire-rated separation constructed by original condo developer between garage and habitable space, but I’m not convinced that it’s so. Having lived next door to a brick garage fire that gutted the garage, destroyed two cars, and melted vinyl siding off adjoining house and garage (fire started in plastic alley garbage can by neighbor’s middle-school age kid), I’d pass here.
“There are ways to get ownership of that parking PIN, is all I’m saying.”
It’s probably not a separate PIN, it’s probably a limited common element.
And saying there are ways to get ownership of that PIN is like saying there are ways to get ownership of your neighbor’s house.
“Door immediately at sidewalk is a security hazard – one well-placed boot-kick and the bad guys are in, unsuitable for many condo-shoppers.”
The massive hole behind the front door solves that problem. The bad guys barge in and the next thing they know . . .
I toured this place last Fall and thought it was cool. It’s directly above at least two parking spots (accessed from the alley) plus indirectly above a third parking spot (accessed from Kenmore). I was concerened with how loud it would be in the unit when the neighbors came and left from underneath you. I would have to be inside and hear the garage doors going up and down to make sure it was bearable. Also how frustrating to not have parking but live directly above several spots.
I don’t understand this place, mainly the hole just inside the front door? Is that an optical illusion? How does this meet building codes?
The place is cute but it looks uncomfortable and unsafe for a non-agile person over the age of 50.. or someone coming home blasted or coming down the steps in the morning while hung over, and very, very hazardous for a child. The lack of a rail on the staircase is a hazard, too.
This place is cute but in need of some serious idiot proofing. Target market is 20-somethings who haven’t outgrown the urge to play in a jungle gym or sleep in a tree house. I looked at the floor plans from the link provided by Max and I still can’t picture the layout clearly.
Wouldn’t you be concerned about the smell/fumes living over a garage though? I bet they don’t have carbon monoxide detectors in there, they’d be going off every morning and evening. I think the 2007 buyer hasn’t realized it’s not 2007 anymore with that listing price. I’ll be really surprised if this goes anywhere near ask.
Me, too! Glad it’s not just me:
“What’s going on in front of the door in picture 7? Is that an optical illusion or a hole in the floor right near the door? Have I had too many drugs and just can’t see clearly?”
The place is cool… in the way that the places in Dwell magazines annual “small spaces” issue are cool, but I never look at those places and think “Gee, that would be great to live there.” Especially for $315K.
Ideal buyer: 20-something architect or artist who will dig the coolness factor. But I doubt they would value it at more than $220K.
I’m starting to miss people saying how they need to lift offers, afraid ‘someone else will buy it’…
Relisted Monday with an ask of 310k. Maybe third time will be a charm bahaha
“Relisted Monday with an ask of 310k. Maybe third time will be a charm bahaha”
Thanks for the update Bob. I was actually just wondering what had happened to this coach house. Now I don’t have to check.
We’re going to see a lot of our former chatter properties come on the market now that it appears to be picking up. Many people who couldn’t sell are going to get emboldened by the stories of quick sales, multiple offer, increased sales volume. They’re going to think they can FINALLY get their price.
It’s going to get interesting this summer.