“The Breakup” Apartment Look-Alike Sells for $20K Over the 2007 Price: 448 W. Wrightwood
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom at 448 W. Wrightwood in Lincoln Park in February 2010.
See our prior chatter here.
The condo was being marketed as looking like the apartment that Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn’s characters lived in in the movie “The Breakup.”
(Although, there was never a “real” apartment used in that movie- as it was filmed on a soundstage.)
Those that commented on the price (and not the heated driveway), thought it was, surprise, surprise, overpriced.
Someone thought it would sell around the 2003 price and that it was “foolish” to list above the 2007 price. Another person thought it wouldn’t get more than $300 a square foot.
The unit recently sold for $20,000 above the 2007 price at $314 a square foot.
The unit had apparently been “gutted to perfection” but it still had some of its vintage features such as stained glass, coffered ceilings and moldings.
The listing said it has an “Ann Sachs kitchen” with white cabinets and stainless steel appliances. (The white kitchen again!)
It had all the other amenities buyers look for such as central air, an in-unit washer/dryer and a heated driveway leading to garage parking.
Maybe listing over the 2007 price wasn’t too “foolish” after all?
Jena Radnay at @Properties had the listing.
Unit #1: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2100 square feet, 1 car parking
- Sold in November 1994 for $277,000
- Sold in October 1996 for $365,000
- Sold in December 2000 for $525,000
- Sold in March 2003 for $595,000
- Sold in July 2007 for $640,000
- Was listed in February 2011 for $699,000
- Sold in June 2011 for $660,000
- Assessments of $302 a month
- Taxes of $7145
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in unit
- Garage Parking
- Bedroom #1: 15×13
- Bedroom #2: 14×10
- Bedroom #3: 11×9
I’m not surprised it sold above the 2007 price. This unit is unique and had really great built ins and kitchen. Very clean, pretty unit. Not much like it on the market.
I have a feeling agents are going to start listing a lot more units with the title “Just like the apartment in XXXXX movie!”
A one-off sale like the Southport penthouse the other day…a special place that someone can become emotionally attached to.
Good luck selling an un-special, generic 3BR for anywhere close to a 2007 price.
what kind of countertops are those?
It is a nice place though with great neutral colors and good staging and it is massive. In fact, to me it is a very nice buy. Congrats to the new owners!
I have a feeling agents are going to start listing a lot more units with the title “Just like the apartment in XXXXX movie!”
Why not, In Miami and L.A., when things got worse, I think they just started listing them as “the apartment actually in a XXX movie”
“I have a feeling agents are going to start listing a lot more units with the title “Just like the apartment in XXXXX movie!”
Or just imply that they might have hidden some money in the walls during the gut rehab.
“what kind of countertops are those?”
maybe honed black granite
I get it todays theme is movie day. Does that mean the next listing will be for the Home Alone house on the north shore?
jfmiii:
My guess is soapstone.
thx nat.
Well I don’t think the Ferris Bueller house in Highland Park fared so well, although I haven’t checked in on it lately.
“The white kitchen again!”
Seeing white a lot, too much. What’s next after white?
“Well I don’t think the Ferris Bueller house in Highland Park fared so well, although I haven’t checked in on it lately.”
That was what came to mind, list dropped a lot, off market now w/o selling.
“The White kitchen again” “Seeing white a lot, too much. What’s next after white?”
Well if we follow the previous order of hot kitchen cabinet colors I’d suspect that it will either be the Honey Oak cabinet look with black appliances or those awful white formica cabinets with the light oak trim on the edge. I hated both looks on the first time around and hoped they would never come back.
Please jp3 don’t even mention those. it brings bad luck : )
Great deal. Tremendous value for the price – dare I say this sold undermarket? This would be priced much much higher but for the job situation and economy. Congrats to the new owner. They’re going to love their new place. I love it and I don’t even live here. It goes to show a smart purchase even in 2007 can still deliver value despite the cribchatter naysayers.
This homedelete can’t be TFO. Or TFO has been in character as clio for quite some time…
No, this is the HD. I’m a changed man, I saw the light. I really did. Interest rates are low, homes are selling above the 2007 price in some instance, foreclosures have nearly dried up in this market; loan mods seem to be working, and now that pending home sales are going to POP this month (released next week IIRC) and I mean double digit pending sales increase, thing are looking up and the bottom is officially in our rearview mirror.
” I mean double digit pending sales increase, thing are looking up and the bottom is officially in our rearview mirror”
HD does your office not have rules about drinking at lunchtime?
Seroiusly, my sources (calculted risk) tell me that pending sales are going to POP this month and that seems to be the scenario from the multiple neighborhoods I seem to follow. Two months ago it was very slow, but out of nowhere a number of properties I’ve been watching have gone under K (or sold) for far more than I thought. And the mysterious shadow inventory just never appears. It exists but it doesn’t exist for us. It will never be on the market for people like us to buy, and even so, it’s all junky. The move in condition houses are expensive and people are willing to pay top dollar to live in good neighborhoods. if you want to buy less than $100 psf then move to garfield park or englewood because you’re not goint go find a quality SFH for that price anywhere north of madison and east of pulaski (with a few exceptions).
“Why not, In Miami and L.A., when things got worse, I think they just started listing them as ‘the apartment actually in a XXX movie'”
I don’t think a triple x movie is a selling point.
I’m curious to know if this is really an arms-length transaction. This sale price seems way too good to be true for the former owner. Well, I suppose someone could have just moved here from NYC and thought that anything under $1 million is a steal.
Well, I think they’re STILL trying to unload the “Ferris Bueller” and “Home Alone” houses in the North Shore. So I’m not sure how well Hollywood “cachet” really flies in the local market.
I am starting to think this HD isn’t the real one but maybe CLIO’s latest stunt to try to turn opinion on this board.
“Well, I think they’re STILL trying to unload the “Ferris Bueller” and “Home Alone” houses in the North Shore. So I’m not sure how well Hollywood “cachet” really flies in the local market.”
you posted this a day early.
“Well, I think they’re STILL trying to unload the “Ferris Bueller” and “Home Alone” houses in the North Shore. So I’m not sure how well Hollywood “cachet” really flies in the local market.”
It obviously means nothing. It’s still all about the price. They just lowered the price on the Home Alone house (I think by $250k.) The Ferris Bueller house has been on the market for several years now, right? They recently pulled it off because they’re doing some work to it- I believe. It’ll be back.
The Marley & Me house in Pennsylvania just came on the market. I wonder how that one will fare?
Price it right and it will sell.
this is the real HD.