We last chattered about this 2-bedroom in a vintage greystone at 1348 W. Wellington in Lakeview in June 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed at $399,000 or $73,000 under the purchase price from just 2 years earlier. 5 months later, it is still on the market and the price […]
This 3-bedroom single family home at 1911 W. Berenice in North Center recently came on the market. It might not attract any notice in other neighborhoods but at $545,000 it is a rare single family home listed under $550,000 in the Bell school district. Built in 1896 on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125, it […]
This 1-bedroom in Benjamin Marshall’s 1200 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast has been on the market for 10 months. Built in 1912 with 10 full floor apartments, the first two floors of the 12-story building were used for servants (and are now maisonette units) and the top floor for playrooms and extra maid rooms. […]
This 4-bedroom Victorian at 4112 N. St. Louis in the Irving Park neighborhood has been on the market since August 2011. It was previously a 3-bedroom house that was bank owned and sold in January 2011 for just $98,000. You can see a few pictures from the prior bank owned listing here. Originally built in 1896, it has […]
This bank owned 3-bedroom at 1720 S. Michigan in the South Loop has been on the market since March 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $129,900 to $305,000. That price includes the parking space. This 3-bedroom unit is the largest floorplan in the building. It has Northeast views from floor to ceiling windows. […]
This 2-bedroom brick and timber loft in the Arthouse Lofts at 14 N. Sangamon in the West Loop has been on the market since September 2011. The Arthouse Lofts were converted in 1999, making them among the original condo loft conversions in the neighborhood. This top floor unit has 14 foot timber ceilings and exposed […]
We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom Queen Anne at 6239 N. Lundy in the Old Edgebrook neighborhood of Forest Glen several times in the 21 months it has been on the market. See our July 2011 chatter here. Since our last chatter in July 2011, it has again been reduced, this time another $60,000, to $799,000. Many of […]
We last chattered about this 5-bedroom rehab mansion at 2216 W. Grace in North Center in February 2011. See our prior chatter here. This house was the subject of much chatter due to its extreme size for the neighborhood (at 8,000 square feet) and that it used to be a 6-flat apartment building. Back then it was […]
We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom at 1525 W. George in Lakeview several times. See our August 2011 chatter here. Some of you thought the owner should just rent it out. Others thought it would ultimately sell between $240,000 and $260,000. It has reduced again and is now $48,000 under the 2001 purchase price. If you […]