Forget The Cramped Lakeview Townhouse, Buy This 3-Bedroom Instead: 1050 W. Diversey
We’ve chattered about many duplex downs over the years like this 3-bedroom at 1050 W. Diversey in Lakeview which just came on the market.
This one has many features of a townhouse, however, including a lower level family room with 9 foot ceilings.
Two bedrooms and two baths are on the main level with the third on the lower level.
There is also a full sized laundry room.
The kitchen has maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops.
It has a garage, two outdoor spaces and central air.
The unit also has a desireable location just a block from the Diversey Brown Line stop.
It’s listed $24,500 under the 2005 purchase price.
Is this a good townhouse replacement?
Todd Szwajkowski at Dream Town Realty has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #1: 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2163 square feet, 1 car garage
- Sold in December 2000 for $409,000
- Sold in June 2005 for $524,500
- Currently listed for $500,000
- Assessments of $135 a month
- Taxes of $7297
- Central Air
- Laundry room
- Bedroom #1: 15×11 (main floor)
- Bedroom #2: 15×11 (main floor)
- Bedroom #3: 14×11 (lower level)
- Family room: 27×14 (lower level)
Wow, looks like a roll of lifesavers in there! I don’t understand the appeal of all these condos on Diversey – it’s so busy, I can’t imagine ever hanging out on that front patio.
This place is a duplex down, I’d rather have the “cramped” townhouse IMO
Sabrina, why you exercising yo trolling skillz with that headline/pic combo?
“Forget the cramped townhouse! **photo of skinnylot mccondo building**”
Masterclass work.
“Sabrina, why you exercising yo trolling skillz with that headline/pic combo?”
It’s 2100 square feet and is on a standard Chicago lot. I wouldn’t consider that cramped OR skinny. Yet many townhouses are much smaller.
I wonder how this duplex down did during the flash flooding that likely occurred last night. Sides also appear to be split faced block from google streetview. Half a mill to live in a half basement near LPAC/Paddy Long’s/Delilah’s?
Two bedrooms and two bathrooms are up, it has a garage and two out door spaces – these are all good qualities in a duplex down. The chatterati hate duplex downs with a passion but the reality is this will sell but probably closer to the 2000 price than the current listing (if the sellers can bring the cash.) I would worry about the split face brick too.
It’s a snoozer.
This is about as good of a floor plan as you can get in a duplex down. I just hate that there is no room for a real dining room table. What do you do when it is Thanksgiving and you are having dinner for 10?
Sun Wah?
“roma (July 20, 2012, 11:47 am)
Sun Wah?”
I LOVE Sun Wah. Best Chinese food in Chicago. Hands down.
A little too much diversity on Diversey for my taste…if you know what I mean…AND I THINK YOU DO!
“if you know what I mean…AND I THINK YOU DO!”
Ummmmmm…not really.
Can you ‘splain?
When I think of this part of Diversey I think of the Home Depot on Halsted where the employees are abnormally sunny and helpful and the Trader Joe’s by Clark where everyone’s sporty and gorgeous.