18 Foot Ceilings and a Private Roof Deck: 1130 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park
This 3-bedroom top floor unit in the greystone at 1130 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park just came on the market.
Built in 1900, this greystone has 8 units and garage parking.
We’ve chattered about several units in this building in the past, including the first floor duplex down.
This unit is the penthouse and has 18 foot cathedral ceilings in the open concept living/dining room and kitchen.
Alas, it doesn’t have any of its vintage interior features except a wood burning fireplace in the living room.
There are hardwood floors throughout.
The kitchen is open to the living area and has 60″ cabinets, granite counter tops, a new backsplash, and Viking appliances along with a wine fridge.
The primary bedroom is en suite, which is rare in vintage units.
The primary bathroom has marble floors, a dual vanity and a “spa-like” shower with rain head and body sprays.
There’s a terrace off the primary bedroom which leads to a private 500 square foot private roof top deck with views of downtown.
This unit has a large storage unit in the basement.
It also has the features that buyers look for including central air, washer/dryer in the unit and heated garage parking.
This building is in the heart of the Armitage corridor, near shops, restaurants and the Brown Line stop.
At $725,000, does this unit check all the Lincoln Park boxes?
Melissa Siegal at @Properties has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #3: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1335 square feet, penthouse
- Sold in January 1995 for $266,500
- Sold in March 2001 for $420,000
- Sold in May 2004 for $500,000
- Sold in March 2008 for $550,000
- Sold in September 2011 for $557,000
- Currently on the market at $725,000
- Assessments of $187 a month (includes exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $9659
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Heated garage parking
- Wood burning fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 15×12
- Bedroom #2: 8×12
- Bedroom #3: 9×11
- Living room: 11×22
- Dining room: 10×18
- Kitchen: 17×11
- Storage: 8×10
- Balcony: 12×7
- Roof top deck: 14×34
It’d seemingly check ALL the boxes for DINKs — if only the balcony weren’t off the Master bedroom.
A tougher sell to young families post COVID with only one living space.
Realator didn’t call this a penthouse? for shame
Deck accessed thru the MBR
Living is smaller than the MBR suite – When did this trend start and can we kill in now. Its especially egregious in these small-ish units
Outdoor space is very nice, tho having the condenser right next to the deck sucks. Probably need to add at least $100k for a pergola
Top floor of a 3 flat, small Br (1 Tiny) and lack of living space makes this a touch sell for a family w/ 2 Small kids
Feels like $700k
Sold in January 1995 for $266,500
Sold in March 2001 for $420,000
Sold in May 2004 for $500,000
Sold in March 2008 for $550,000
Sold in September 2011 for $557,000
Redfin shows a July 2014 sale for $603,510 and an August 2014 sale for $212,000. What’s that about? Mix up with other units in the building? (on Redfin, our condo shows a sale last year that is really a sale of another unit)
Living is smaller than the MBR suite – When did this trend start and can we kill in now. Its especially egregious in these small-ish units
I’ve posted before about how much I hate gigantic “private” areas and comparatively small “public” areas in homes. I, too, would love for this trend to die.
“Living is smaller than the MBR suite – When did this trend start and can we kill in now. Its especially egregious in these small-ish units”
Hmmm, not per the floor plan?
Master BR appears appropriately sized for a king-size bed, a dresser and two nightstands.
“Redfin shows a July 2014 sale for $603,510 and an August 2014 sale for $212,000. What’s that about?”
Appears that the correct info is an Aug-14 sale for $603,510 ($604k, based on transfer tax, but that’s rounded up). Don’t see anything in the building that went for $212 in ’14.
To the unit: the ’11 seller’s had the bedrooms set up as a guest bedroom and then an office. Seems like the ideal use of the space, with the current use (one kid, plus one baby for max 2 years) the other likely scenario.
I don’t care how great the location and roof deck are. This unit has no charm, and I can’t imagine paying $725,000 for it. Looks like a cheap rental inside.
I’ve never understood the desire for massive bedroom suites. I spend very little waking time in the bedroom. Most of our time is spent in the kitchen, living room, and den. Those rooms in our house, along with our front porch in the summer, are places I’d much rather be in than the bedroom.
I’ve also read that people who spend too much time in their bedrooms during the day doing stuff like working and watching TV might develop sleep disorders.
“Living is smaller than the MBR suite – When did this trend start and can we kill in now. Its especially egregious in these small-ish units”
Hmmm, not per the floor plan?
Master BR appears appropriately sized for a king-size bed, a dresser and two nightstands.
“Suite” is the key word you’re looking for.
““Suite” is the key word you’re looking for.”
Looks to be 15’x18′ plus the reach-in closet. LR is 10×22, DR is 10×17, but are a single space.
Are you slicing off the undifferentiated LR to make the point? Or are you implicitly bitching about too much closet space being in the PBR (using the new ‘primary’ term)?
The actually bad thing is that the roof deck is also only accessible thru the PBR. And it appears there are stairs down from the back deck, too.
“Looks to be 15’x18? plus the reach-in closet. LR is 10×22, DR is 10×17, but are a single space.
Are you slicing off the undifferentiated LR to make the point? Or are you implicitly bitching about too much closet space being in the PBR (using the new ‘primary’ term)?”
The dining room aint 17′ – unless you and yours can levitate and its not undifferentiated once you throw in dining room seating
General comment wrt to the allocation of space dedicated to 1 bedroom suite Vs common space. This isnt the worst, but its pretty bad, especially as the staging is geared towards a young family
“its not undifferentiated once you throw in dining room seating”
But I don’t like a dining room table–it’s all just living space to me. And that PBR WiC is really just a pantry, and the PBa is also the roofdeck (ie any summer social gathering) bathroom, and the PBR itself is ~1/3 hallway to the backdoor AND roofdeck.
“The dining room aint 17?”
It also aint 10′ wide, with the difference going straight to the LR–which really is more like 14×22.
You are a cranky old man JU. Not that I would want to put $150k in and pay $3500/mo to live here.
I’m with you, Dan. I would rather have a bigger general living space than a large master bedroom. I’m thinking of moving my bedroom furniture to my small second bedroom and then using the master for an office.
I prefer larger bedrooms because I do not have enough space for each room to only have one function. My bedroom doubles as my piano room (room with most consistent temp) and smaller bedroom double as a guest room and office. I am think of getting a murphy bed for the guest bedroom so that my dinner table does not have to double as a craft table that has to be cleanred whenever I have guests.
This listing is failing to convey current double uses. Where are the desks in the LM and MBR? What about exercise equipment in the MBR/hall to deck? Also, where in the TV? It is a nice enough condo.
I love the roof deck! Full sun growing! Mmmm…homegrown tomatoes
“These kinds of units and the subject location in the Lincoln Park Armitage golden zone are usually inhabited by singles or couples in their twenties from the North Shore as a “safe (but predictable) location” for their requisite 5-7 year period of city living before they move back to the North Shore.”
Again, this is completely wrong and reflects the 1990s not 2021.
How many Millennials or GenZers have ever had a “requisite” 5 to 7 period of city living in the last 20 years?
That old, “spend a few years in the city and move to the burbs” dynamic is OLD. It’s from pre-housing bust. Literally nearly 20 years ago.
Young people come to the city in their 20s and stay. COVID and high home prices forced some to the suburbs for the first time in 20 years but the record sales of condos shows that they’re again willing to make trade-offs to stay in the city.
“How many [] GenZers have ever had a “requisite” 5 to 7 period of city living in the last 20 years?”
WTF? “how many 21 and younger year olds”? HUH?!?
“WTF? “how many 21 and younger year olds”? HUH?!?”
Oldest GenZer is 22-23 years old now, anon(tfo). Get with the program.
“Oldest GenZer is 22-23 years old now, anon(tfo). Get with the program.”
Yeah, so exactly fucking ZERO of them have been living independently in the city for 7 years, and “in the last 20” is a ridiculous measuring stick.
It’s not even a fully formed strawman, more of a straw-adolescent. Like the majority of the Zoomers.
“Yeah, so exactly fucking ZERO of them have been living independently in the city for 7 years, and “in the last 20” is a ridiculous measuring stick.
It’s not even a fully formed strawman, more of a straw-adolescent. Like the majority of the Zoomers.”
LOFL
I eagerly await her reply. Has the makings of being a classic
This condo sold for $712,500.