2000 Sq Ft in a Boutique Vintage Building for $450,000: 444 W. Belmont in Lakeview
This 2-bedroom in 444 W. Belmont in Lakeview came on the market in September 2019.
444 W. Belmont was built in 1920 and has just 11 units. There are 2 units per floor.
The building has an elevator, a common first floor deck and there’s separate storage for some of the units.
This unit has some of its vintage features including crown molding, a decorative fireplace and a barrel-vaulted ceiling in the entrance foyer.
There’s a formal dining room and a 12×8 family room.
The unit has an eat-in kitchen, which is unusual for vintage, along with an island with granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
It also has the features that buyers look for in 2019 including washer/dryer in the unit and central air. There’s no parking with the building (it was built in 1920!) but there is parking nearby for lease for $250 a month.
Originally listed in September for $460,000 it has been reduced $10,000 to $450,000.
Is this a deal for 2000 square feet in Lakeview?
Stacey Dombar at Redfin has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #3B: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2000 square feet
- Sold in February 1999 for $315,000
- Sold in April 2002 for $411,500
- Sold in May 2005 for $430,000
- Originally listed in September 2019 for $460,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $450,000
- Assessments of $575 a month (includes exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $7743
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- No parking in the building but it’s available in the neighborhood for $250 a month
- Decorative fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 16×12
- Bedroom #2: 19×11
- Living room: 23×12
- Family room: 12×8
- Dining room: 15×14
- Kitchen: 24×16
Nice looking unit, though I wouldn’t want to live on Belmont. Love the vintage touches. Price looks fair.
Cheapest interior doors you can find, and crabby levers, too.
I like the concept of the cabinets in the LR, but they should have done it as two pieces next to the FP, instead of eating up so much of the usable space on the west wall.
Must have sucked the last couple years as the building next door went up–the light does still seem pretty decent, tho.
HVAC venting looks…interesting. Bet it is hard to get all the rooms about the same temperature. the furnace probably needs to be replaced, too.
Kitchen is pretty clearly redone for the ’02 sale, hence the relatively high price. Still pretty surprised how little increase since ’02.
Also enjoy the completely mismatched appliances–almost 20 yo Amana dishwasher, $449 special frigidaire range, with the nearly as expensive frigidaire gallery microhood, and the kenmore fridge. Nice enough for a midpriced apartment.
wtf why is there a couch right in the kitchen next to the door?
“HVAC venting looks…interesting”
there’s no shortage of bulkheads in this place. also, pic 12, the discoloration around the vents is an issue. condensation from poorly insulated ducts?
“pic 12”
In the 3d, you can zoom in and see there is some … stuff? trapped on the air diverter. Can’t figure out what, but it looks gross. Not sure it’s evidence of condensation, tho it could be.
Also looks like they used filters with low MERV numbers, and changed them too infrequently. Would recommend a duct cleaning.