Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom top floor unit at 1131 W. Addison in Lakeview in October 2010. It had been on and off the market for a year and finally sold in October of that year for $22,000 under the 2007 purchase price. See our final chatter, after the unit sold, here. I asked […]

We’ve chattered about this 5-bedroom modern construction single family home at 336 W. Wisconsin in Lincoln Park several times in 2012. See our July 2012 chatter here. It’s commonly known as the “Fugitive House” because the movie, with Harrison Ford, was filmed in it. It went under contract in August but then came back on […]

Due to the late hour of the election, there won’t be any new cribs to chatter about today. Sorry! We’ll be back to our normal housing obsession tomorrow. For all of you complaining about the “boring” properties I’ve been featuring, please send me tips. I’ll be glad to cover other “interesting” properties. Also, don’t forget, […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom townhouse at 642 N. Armour in West Town in August 2012. See our prior chatter here. It was then listed for $10,000 more than the 2003 purchase price but most of you thought that list price was nuts- considering what the property looked like in the pictures. Since then, […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse duplex up at 33 W. Huron in River North has been on and off the market since August 2011. At 3100 square feet on two levels, it has a 25×22 family room on the second level as well as a large private terrace with city views. The listing says it has a […]

This 2-bedroom loft in 520 W. Huron in River North recently came on the market. It is a duplex up loft with two outdoor spaces, including a regular balcony and a private rooftop terrace with city views on the second floor. The loft has exposed brick and timber ceilings. For those of you who hate […]

We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom in 504 W. Barry in East Lakeview numerous times over the past 2 years. See our last chatter in May 2012 here. Originally listed for $779,900, but then reduced, some of you thought this would finally sell in the $500,000s but some of you were even more bearish and guessed […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 524 W. Grant Place in East Lincoln Park has been on the market since September 2012. What makes it so unique? It was built in 1881, for starters. It is also part of a 3-unit townhouse building where, according to the notes left by a Redfin agent about the property, the […]

This top floor 3-bedroom at 433 W. Wellington in Lakeview has a rare combination of being both a vintage unit and also having a private rooftop deck. Normally, we chatter about top floor units with private rooftop decks with the newer construction units. But this building was built in 1918 and the unit still retains […]

We’ve chattered about this bank owned 4-bedroom penthouse at 247 E. Chestnut in Streeterville several times over the past few years. See our June 2012 chatter here. Back in June, it was already bank owned. A couple of you wondered whether or not it didn’t make more sense to buy the unit and split it […]