The Ultimate Modern Home: 2820 N. Paulina in West Lakeview
How much do you like modern?
This single family home at 2820 N. Paulina in West Lakeview is not only modern on the interior with a sleek kitchen and baths, it comes equipped with heated sidewalks!
Here’s the listing:
CONTEMPORARY LUXURY, THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE DETAIL, ALL YOU CAN DREAM OF, HOME AUTOMATION, TOUCH PANELS, BAMBOO FLOORING, WOLF APPL.,FIRE SPRINKLERS, GLASS/STAILNLESS RAILINGS, BAMBOO STAIRS, GLASS TILES,CENTRAL VACUM,LUTRON RADIORA,HEATED FLOORS EVERYWHERE
FORCED AIR HEAT+RADIANT HEAT, HEATED SIDEWALKS,4 DECKS,3EXTERIOR+16HIDDEN CAMERAS PREW.,SAUNA,MUST SEE!!! CC 2.7
“16 hidden cameras”???
2820 N. Paulina: 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, 5000 square feet, 2 car garage
- It was built in 2006-2007- and it doesn’t appear that it has ever sold
- Currently listed at $2.275 million
- Taxes are listed at $1,697 but that was from the prior property before it was torn down
- Lencorp Realty Inc. has the listing (this link should be correct)
Heated sidewalks? You mean there’s no moving walkway to transport me from the street to my door?
These McMansions are truly a monument to the hubris that created this housing bubble.
No moving walkway? Forget it. Will the toilet wipe my….. 😉
That’s hot. I’d love to live there! And the added bonus of never having to shovel again!
That ridiculous front facade really doesn’t jive with the modern(-ish) interior. At this price, I’d be quite picky about maintaining the entire aesthetic. A modernist would spontaneously wretch upon viewing that cornice and malproportioned protrusion.
The built-in iPod dock speaks for itself, really.
The kitchen looks nice.
Someone who wants a new luxury McModernMansion would be better off checking out the various sfh’s designed by Studio Dwell in Bucktown and East Village.
This showed up in either Crain’s or Chicago mag. The developer (supposedly) built it to live in but decided to downsize or something. That old industrial land over there sold for a (surprising, I think) high amount per lot.
But on the plus side, it’s right near a McDonald’s and Chinese Buffet.
I always wanted to live in a mausoleum.
the good thing is that you are only 3 blocks away from the CHA projects at Diversey and Damen.
Wow! What a home.
There is a Starbucks and a Subway closer than the McD, indeed, they share an alley.
Is the neighboring, corner lot still vacant, or has something gone up?
Love the inside it looks like 1/2 my old house with 1/2 my new apt. Many friends find it stark, but I love. Outside a bit too greek for me though
Yeah the front facade is not modern but rather mausoleumlike as noted earlier. When I first saw the front I thought this was the Heaven’s Gate cult’s HQ.
With all the monitoring technology in this it reminds me of the early 90s non-hit Sliver. So I guess the unit is better when compared to the acting from that movie.
As an architect, I will gladly pose as the resident architect of this blog (unless others have already staked claim). As a potential home buyer, I can’t deal with 95% of the new construction on the chicago scene. This one exemplifies the abundance of crap on the market. Next.
I think the buyer should put a gaudy frame around the iPod dock/screen built into the wall and spend his time trying to decide if its ironic or iconic.
I can’t put my finger on it but this is not quite McMansion. I believe a commenter once described a place as “Gordon Gecko Wannabe.” That seems more fitting.
You say West Lakeview. I say East Logan Square.
“modern” wasn’t meant to be like this. It was a movement that invited gracious living with indoor/outdoor use. And functionality – storage-wise, harmony with surroundings etc….
this is just a hot mess.
The kitchen is excellent.
The rest of it… meh.
This is the building equivalent of the person that tries really hard and fails miserably.
Great finishes and fancy gadgets — but when they botch one of the major design elements (the facade)it ruins the entire piece. Kind of like stuffing the guts of a Porsche into the body of a Ford Pinto.
Ick.
“East Logan Square”
You must be high. This is a block from Ashland on Diversey. I don’t like the immediate neighborhood (and certainly wouldn’t pay $2mm plus to live there), but it’s much more Lakeview than Logan Square–and is in 60657. In your geography, Roscoe Village doesn’t exist, it’s east Avondale or northeast Logan Square.
West Lakeview is still a euphemism for that area though; it’s pretty barren. Better than West Bucktown but still a poor location to try to sell ultra-luxury single family homes.
The references in the listing state contemporary luxury. Please don’t confuse the term with modern. Completely seperate ideals.
Like I said, I wouldn’t pay the freight to live there, but it’s either West Lakeview, (East) Clybourn Corridor or East Costco. Anything Logan Square doesn’t apply at all.