Life Outside the GreenZone in a 5-Bedroom Victorian in Old Norwood Park: 6084 N. Northcott
This 5-bedroom Victorian at 6084 N. Northcott in Old Norwood Park recently came on the market.
For those who don’t know, Norwood Park is in the Northwest part of Chicago, 11 miles from the Loop, with the Old Norwood Park part of the neighborhood located north of the Kennedy expressway.
From the Encyclopedia of Chicago:
Prior to Norwood Park’s incorporation in 1874, the village had a country setting far away from the bustle of the city. Early developers hoped to create a resort, taking advantage of area woodlands and hills. The subdivision departed from the typical grid pattern, and instead, like Frederick Law Olmsted’s Riverside, platted winding roads alternating with rectangular streets. One of the historic streets with old Victorian houses, the Circle, is shaped in an oval.
Built in 1886, the house is on a wider than normal 50×120 lot on the Circle.
Most of the lots in Old Norwood Park which are on the Circle are bigger than the standard Chicago lot.
It has a side drive with a 2-car garage.
The listing says it has updated electric.
The house also has central air and two porches.
It has the preferred layout for the bedrooms with 4 out of the 5 on the second floor and the 5th on the main level.
One of the bathrooms has a claw foot tub.
The kitchen has yellow cabinets, a white refrigerator and dishwasher, and a stainless steel stove.
The house has hardwood floors throughout and some crown molding along with 1 fireplace.
It is located just a few blocks from the Norwood train station and the listing says the local school is Norwood Elementary.
Does this house have it all for someone looking in this neighborhood?
Lynn Pufpaf at Baird & Warner has the listing. See the pictures here.
6084 N. Northcott: 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2386 square feet
- Sold in November 1999 for $405,000
- Currently listed at $599,999
- Taxes of $8076
- Central Air
- 2-car garage
- Fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 22×17 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 15×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 14×10 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 10×10 (second floor)
- Bedroom #5: 12×11 (main floor)
- Den: 12×9 (second floor)
Nice house, nice neighborhood. I would prefer to live here over some of the “trendy” areas filled with workers’ cottages.
I would never in a million years live in norwood
Its like living in the burbs (bleh)
With high taxes (bleh)
and a Metra commute (bleh)
Oh and say goodbye to your friends that live downtown ever visiting you again (bleh)
Is that a wolf range? W a pretty generic fridge? That’s a really high range/fridge ratio. And that hood is not a real hood, right?
Floors look awful. Other than that, this is great. I would probably upgrade the fridge for one with more of a vintage flair and perhaps go panel-front on a new dishwasher to match it to the cabinets.
“a Metra commute ”
you can take blue line if that defines real city living to you.
Who would rather take the CTA over the Metra? At least people don’t usually urinate on the seats on the Metra.
“And that hood is not a real hood, right?”
what do you mean?
looks like a real hood to me. i’m not sure why someone would spend the money on a wolf range in this particular house though.
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you can take blue line if that defines real city living to you.”
I’d rather not waste 45 minutes of my life commuting each way to work no matter how that is.. and the metra sucks only because of the strict schedule you have to follow, riding it is much nicer than the el obviously
The commute from places like North Center and Andersonville are equally as brutal as from this place. You may as well live here, in a huge house, than spend a million plus for houses in more trendy, but far-flung areas.
Well said Jenny. Depending on where you work in proximity to the train station the commute is not that bad via Metra. My wife picks it up a few stations down the line and loves it. Front door to her desk easily under 40 minutes.
Now driving is a different story.
Not everyone works in the loop Jenny. My commute from North Center to work would easily be +25 minutes from this place on the CTA.
What’s the trend for thing neighborhood?
I used to work with a guy who lived around here. He complained that the neighborhood was going down, falling income levels, influx of Hispanics, poor test scores at Taft, etc. That could have all been someone whose heart was in the “good old days”. He sent his daughter to Whitney Young High School via the Metra.
I wouldn’t live in nort-center or Andersonville either
too expensive for being so far from the core of the city IMO
“looks like a real hood to me. i’m not sure why someone would spend the money on a wolf range in this particular house though.”
I mean something that actually vents outside rather than recirculates. Maybe it does, just looks wee.
“i’m not sure why someone would spend the money on a wolf range in this particular house though.”
that was my main point, seems mismatched and if you wanted to go for the high end “chef’s” kitchen then you gotta upgrade everything else.
sonies, how do you commute? you drive?
“I used to work with a guy who lived around here. He complained that the neighborhood was going down, falling income levels, influx of Hispanics, poor test scores at Taft, etc. That could have all been someone whose heart was in the “good old days”. He sent his daughter to Whitney Young High School via the Metra.”
old norwood still seems pretty white-ish to me. I think it’s been a long time since taft was main destination of kids in the circle.
Maybe the person who owns this actually enjoys cooking and purchased the range for cooking purposes. Maybe that person doesn’t care/cant afford an expensive fridge to match.
“sonies, how do you commute? you drive?”
walk or divvy or bus or el or some combo of them
depends on a lot of factors which I use on any given day
“walk or divvy or bus or el or some combo of them”
diversification! (though should include uber)
“depends on a lot of factors which I use on any given day”
Okay, has been snowing, 4 inches on teh ground, temp in low 20s.
NExt, thunderstorm!
LUV LUV LUV THIS PLACE. IT RAWWKKKKKKSSSSS.
GO CUBBIES!!!! I NEED AN OLD STYLE – ANYONE ELSE??
“Maybe that person doesn’t care/cant afford an expensive fridge to match.”
not everyone updates all their kitchen appliances at once.
“Okay, has been snowing, 4 inches on teh ground, temp in low 20s.
NExt, thunderstorm!
”
Damn totally forgot about Uber, I use lyft or even just a regular ol’ taxi sometimes!
If bus tracker sez 5 minutes I’ll walk to El station
On way home, I have 3 bus lines and one train line to choose from, so I pick which ever one I will make the fastest and then walk from the closets stop
I sure as shit won’t be biking in that snow!
oh awesome, the greater than and less than signs didn’t show up… that’s going to be confusing
sonies, in what neighborhood do you live?
How to you grapple with graupel?
I live in the near north side
graupel is easy, long coat and a winter hat with a side of umbrella
Nice to see you covering the northwest side, Sabrina!
There seems to be growing interest in Jefferson Park and Norwood in my network of friends who have grown tired of living in Lincoln Park/Old Town/Logan and are settling down with their jobs and getting married. Prices in green zone are still too inflated and they’d rather get more space for their money anyway. They want to be close to the city without the grim, dingy elements and are done with taking the el (Metra is so much nicer and consistent). I don’t blame them. Norwood and Jefferson Park look considerably nicer than their southeastern neighbors. I feel like houses close to the Jefferson Park transit center are going to hold their value nicely.
I surprised that nobody mentioned that this home is going to be directly under the “Granville” O’Hare runway that is under construction.
Almost any discussion of Jefferson Park and Norwood property values should include at least a mention of the airplane noise issue that has been growing in the past five years.
Here is why the property values of Jefferson Park and Norwood Park are not going to hold:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-ohare-runway-center-20160810-story.html
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/new-ohare-runway-hailed-and-assailed/
The airplane noise is so overblown by NIMBYs it’s laughable.
the real issue with these hoods are the schools. they are ‘good’ but not quite great, and at this price point and location from downtown, my school better be great. otherwise I’d be moving to Skokie for half the price and take ‘good’ schools there too.
I’m just surprised Groove hasn’t chimed in on any of these
“I’m just surprised Groove hasn’t chimed in on any of these”
He lived in a rough neighborhood and with all the violence lately in Chicago, I just hope he’s OK.
Here’s a follow-up to show that the airplane noise issue is not overblown…
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/assessed-value-of-8000-homes-cut-due-to-ohare-jet-noise/
“The assessor’s office based the reductions in part on the adverse effect it saw on the sale price of Norwood Park Township homes sold in the three years before O’Hare dramatically changed its flight paths in October 2013 versus the three years after, officials there said. Norwood Park Township homes either sold for less after the change, or for more — but not as much more as other homes.”
Plane noise is definitely overrated, the scope of which I feel is determined by the environment to which you’ve been accustomed. I live in Portage Park at the moment, and lived in Andersonville before that (where they were subjected to plane noise due to reroutes), and never in my entire time in Chicago have I cared about — or been disturbed by — airplane noise. Living right next to O’Hare is one thing, but in PP/JP/NP the planes are still high enough in their descent where it really is a non-issue. I’ve also lived downtown for a lot of my youth (post-grad) so I’m used to noise. When you go from downtown/LP/Old Town/etc and come to the northwest side of Chicago the first thing you notice is how quiet it is, not how much plane noise there is.
I’ll sound callous saying this, but I feel plane noise is an issue for those who have never really stepped out or lived beyond their quiet pocket of seclusion. Like Homedelete said, the greater issue lies in the quality of the schools.
vb – great! Bring on the tax cuts!
The plane noise is overrated to someone not in the direct flight path. To someone in the direct flight path, with planes flying so close you can play “planespotting”, the noise is certainly not overrated and is very annoying.
“I’m just surprised Groove hasn’t chimed in on any of these”
the math on the confirm you’re not a spammer must have just got too hard.