Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this 1929 vintage house at 3019 W. Ardmore in Peterson Woods in September 2010. See our prior chatter and pictures here. It has since been reduced $44,000. The house is an estate sale. It has amazing original vintage beauty like leaded glass, arched doorways, coved ceilings and the original kitchen and […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down unit at 3125 N. Clifton in Lakeview has been on the market since April 2009. It has now been reduced $104,100 from the original April 2009 listing price. The unit is also listed $45,100 under the 2006 purchase price. The 3-unit building was built in 1999. 2 out of the 3 […]

In September, we chattered about this 3 bedroom brick cottage at 4947 W. Pensacola in Portage Park. See our prior chatter and pictures here. Since September, it has been reduced $24,000. The listing makes no secret that it is a fixer and in need of TLC. It is an estate sale. It has a wood […]

Since the topic of what to tip building staff has come up more than once, this might be a good time to discuss it. There are many different questions about what to tip for the holidays. Here are just a few: If you are simply a renter, do you need to tip? I have heard […]

This 3-bedroom vintage unit at 3800 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview has been on and off the market since June 2007. It is now a short sale and is listed for $229,000 under the original 2007 listing price. It is also listed for $32,500 under the 2000 purchase price. The building was constructed in […]

This 6-bedroom Queen Anne at 1444 W. Glenlake in Edgewater Glen came on the market in August 2010. It has been reduced $50,100 since then. Built in 1894, it is on an oversized 45×125 lot which gives you plenty of yard to spread out in. The house has some of its original features including the […]

It’s been awhile since we chattered about the Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood in the South Shore. This 6-bedroom English manor at 6909 S. Cregier was built in 1931. The neighborhood is a Chicago landmark district. Founded in 1905 it is only a few blocks long- starting at 67th and ending at 71st Street. This 7000 […]

Back in May 2010 we chattered about whether or not it mattered if a property was “Nate Berkus designed” as the listing says it is for this 2-bedroom penthouse at 632 W. Wrightwood in Lincoln Park. See our prior chatter here. Most of you concluded that it didn’t matter so much. 6 months later, the […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 2245 N. Greenview in Lincoln Park has been on the market since April 2010. In that time it has been reduced $55,000. It is now listed for $130,000 under the 2007 purchase price. The house was built in 1989 on a oversized 15×130.6 lot. It has a coach house […]

The new luxury hotel/condo building, The Elysian at 11 E. Walton in the Gold Coast has been defying the luxury sales downturn as the building has nearly sold out. (It is the tall building on the left.) Crain’s reported on November 9 that 45 out of 51 units had sold. See the Crain’s story here. Now, […]