Crib Chatter

We chattered about this 3 bedroom at 1348 W. Addison in Southport several times over the last year. See our August 2012 chatter here. In August, we speculated as to who the target buyer might be with a bachelor being at the top of the list. We also debated how much you’d have to earn […]

This 3-bedroom at 1801 W. Addison in Roscoe Village has been on the market since July 2012. It has an open living/dining room with hardwood floors. The kitchen has maple cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. It has the amenities buyers look for including central air, washer/dryer in the unit and parking. Yes, […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom brick cottage at 1234 N. Marion in Wicker Park in September 2010. Check out our prior interesting discussion about the mortgages and whether or not this is a teardown here. Some thought tearing it down would be problematic because there is no alley- only the side driveway. Financedoc also posted […]

This 2-bedroom at 10 E. Delaware, the newer construction high rise in the Gold Coast, has been on and off the market since January 2010. It recently came back on the market listed as a 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath unit with the listing saying “2nd bed is den/office.” A den/office usually doesn’t have a closet. In Chicago, to be a […]

We’ve been chattering quite a bit about rehabbed properties like this 4-bedroom vintage brick bungalow at 5240 W. Cuyler in Portage Park. Built in 1916 on a 30×125 lot, it has a 2-car garage and is located just a block and a half from the Park. The listing says it’s a “gut renovation to the […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse at 340 W. Superior in River North has been on the market since June 2012. It has an open floorplan with a double-sided fireplace in the living room and dining room. You can see the 1200 square foot terrace from anywhere in the living/dining room as it wraps around the unit. The kitchen […]

This 3-bedroom in The Montgomery at 500 W. Superior in River North has some unique finishes. The listing says it is architect owned and has finishes out of the pages of architectural digest and the Merchandise Mart. It has 10 foot ceilings and a top of the line kitchen with luxury upgrades. The bathrooms are […]

This 6-bedroom greystone single family home at 3051 W. Logan Boulevard in Logan Square recently came on the market. (Thanks to DZ for the excellent picture.) It was previously a 2-flat and had been bank owned in 2009. The property has been renovated into a single family home with 6000 square feet. Built in 1910 […]

This 3-bedroom in 550 N. St. Clair in Streeterville recently came on the market. It has one of the preferred views- north and west- which overlooks Michigan Avenue. This building was new construction in 2007. It has concrete ceilings and a modern kitchen and baths. The kitchen has Subzero and Bosch appliances and the larger […]

We last chattered about this 1-bedroom in the Neopolitan at 1212 N. Wells in Old Town in August 2012. See our August 2012 chatter here. We mainly debated whether or not it now made sense to buy this kind of property instead of renting for thousands of dollars a month directly across the street in […]