Roscoe Village Vintage 3-Bedroom Rowhouse Now Reduced $100K: 1828 W. Cornelia
We last chattered about this vintage 3-bedroom rowhouse at 1828 W. Cornelia in Roscoe Village in May 2012.
See our prior chatter here.
The biggest bone of discussion was that most of you didn’t like the mix of prairie style windows with the Victorian-era architecture.
Since our last chatter, it has been reduced another $70,000.
Built in 1894, the 2600 square foot rowhouse has three stories and an unfinished basement.
It is on a 20×120 lot, which is bigger than those on Alta Vista, for instance, and allows for a 2-car garage plus backyards.
This rowhouse has both a lower deck off the kitchen/breakfast room and an upper deck off the master suite.
The third floor contains the master suite which also has 6 skylights.
The kitchen has granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
The listing says the rowhouse was updated in 2002/2003.
The Brown line El tracks are a few doors to the east.
How much lower will this have to go before someone bites?
Theodore Krug at Coldwell Banker still has the listing. See the pictures here.
You can also see it in person at the Open House this Sunday, September 16: 12- 2PM.
1828 W. Cornelia: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2600 square feet, 2 car garage
- Prior sale was before 2002 (no price listed- looks like long term owner)
- Originally listed in February 2012 for $749,900
- Reduced
- Was listed in May 2012 at $719,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $649,000
- Taxes of $7849
- Central Air
- Unfinished basement
- Bedroom #1: 16×12 (third floor)
- Bedroom #2: 17×14 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 14×12 (second floor)
- Den: 11×11 (second floor)
- Laundry room: 8×7 (second floor)
Finally went to Roscoe Village when I was down in the city recently. The area seems more like Roscoe’s Chicken N Waffles than any village I know of. Would NOT live there. Still a big fan of the tilework on this place, though.
$250 psf–not much more than a fixer in Niles.
Very pretty house. The deck looks like it needs to be re-done. The sellers should offer a closing credit to get it fixed.
“The deck looks like it needs to be re-done.”
Prob mostly needs a powerwashing and a coat of stain.
“The deck looks like it needs to be re-done.” and “Prob mostly needs a powerwashing and a coat of stain.”
and you would expect Jenny to get her hands dirty doing that?
I really, really want to like this house, but I just can’t. It manages to be both too bland and too fussy at the same time.
This is cool area of the city to trick-or-treat on Halloween.
like the area, like the house, hate the exposed brick walls.
I agree on the brick walls. The other thing that is a little unappealing is the museum treatment given to each of the bathrooms. Sabrina – don’t chastise or delete me for this comment, I’m just saying – durn, that’s a lotta stuff in the turlet room. The deck is an easy fix – I always think that if you want to sell, that should be done.
I like it except for the exposed brick. Any way to change that? Can you drywall over it?
“I like it except for the exposed brick. Any way to change that? Can you drywall over it?”
Yes.
i like that barn in the back yard, is it the garage? proximity to el tracks might be the biggest strike against this place. otherwise seems pretty nice
Love the location and the space, but the L goes around a curve right there. The back deck/yard/bedrooms are going to be noisy.
Finally priced to move. Great street. Likely under contract this week.
@ mh — I think it would look a lot less fussy (and much better) once cleared of the current furniture and ornate decor. The kitchen is far too “French country” for me (and probably most others), and I’m sure it was pricey to do. Honestly, I don’t think I could live with that cabinetry, but perhaps refacing would do the trick.
I love having 6 skylights in the master, but I would want those very thoroughly inspected!!!
I am having a hard time understanding why this hasnt sold.
its a good home in a good location, 3 beds, a garage, and a back yard. Yes we can nitpick a bunch of stuff biggest being that deck and mismatched styles. But in the end its 650k of a decent home. There must be something else we are not seeing causing this to still be on the market.