2700 Square Feet of “Finished Opulence” in Beverly: 9524 S. Claremont
This 4-bedroom Cape Cod at 9524 S. Claremont in Beverly has been on the market since May 2012.
It originally sold last November as an estate sale. Back then, it was just a 2 bedroom, 1 bath at 1282 square feet.
Now, after a rehab that included new windows, new roof, mechanicals, plumbing and electrical, the 1955 house is 2700 square feet of “finished opulence.”
It now has a 700 square foot master suite with a master bath and closet.
There’s also a finished basement.
The kitchen is completely new with dark wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops and a tile backsplash.
Built on an oversized 40×125 lot, it has central air and a 2 car garage.
It’s been reduced $20,000 since it came on the market and is now listed at $339,990.
Is this a deal for a Beverly starter home?
William Biros at Prudential Biros Real Estate has the listing. See more pictures here.
9524 S. Claremont: 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2700 square feet, 2 car garage
- Sold in October 1988 (no price given)
- Sold as an “estate sale” in November 2011 for $120,000
- Originally listed in May 2012 for $359,990
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $339,990
- Taxes of $4647
- Central Air
- 2 fireplaces
- Bedroom #1: 24×14 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 12×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 11×12 (main floor)
- Bedroom #4: 11×10 (main floor)
- Family room: 24×25 (basement)
While this place is definitely opulent, it’s also in Beverly, which is pretty far away. If you are going to live that far away, I think you’re much better off living near me. Or in the Western Burbs. Morton Grove currently presents properties with pretty good value for money.
Do people in this neighborhood plant trees? How unattractive that there don’t appear to be any.
Didn’t the asian borer beetle destroy most of the old ones a few years ago?
Trees. Don’t get me started on trees…
The city planted some saplings on my block. But my stupes-for-nabes had no idea that maybe they should WATER them now and then. So there I was, dragging my hose out and watering the sapling across the street, and the one 4 houses down.
Then we have the abomination of “mulch volcanoes” killing trees all over town. That I’m seeing it on “public” properties, like the local library, the police station, the local city college branch, and even in some parks, is all the more annoying. Please, people, don’t mound mulch around the base of your trees, and up the trunk.
Or, just drive over to the Home Depot parking lot on North Ave., to see how NOT TO MULCH TREES.
gggrrrrrrrr.
Opulence, I has it.
I’m guessing you’ve never had trees in your lawn. They can be a nightmare to maintain. You have to get them trimmed and they always risk falling over onto your house, car, or family members. Plus, there’s the raking. So think before saying you want trees so badly.
“Trees. Don’t get me started on trees”
Lot of trees on the block, just not in front of this house or one north.
Would not like to have Jamba Juice and Panda Express directly across the alley.
Opulence? It’s a nice looking place (prob not too dissimilar to HD’s new house), but why oversell it like that? Just dumb.
I’d rather be in a suburb for this bracket…
Opulent and breathtaking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwEXAJZ-y7A
If this is finished opulence, then opulence is finished.
“I’d rather be in a suburb for this bracket”
Fortunately, you could see one from your back windows.
“If this is finished opulence, then opulence is finished.”
Agreed nothing says opulence like that house in China Town featured awhile back….. oh boy!
I believe that baby sold…. missed my chance.
This flipper’s strategy is to capture the city worker plain and simple. Yes, its a strategy to cater to that segment of the population in Beverly, Edgebrook, Old Irving, Edison, Norwood.
Please can I live in Beverly. It’s like the ‘burbs without the good parts, while living in the city without the good parts!
This realtor ought to be fired for not mentioning this home is within walking distance to Rainbow Cone.
Do you guys not like Beverly? We’re thinking of moving there. It’s incredibly family friendly, great schools (one is going all Montessori this year), wonderful old architecture with tree lined streets and incredible value for the money. The one downside is that there is not much retail, but you can be in the city in 15 mins, or less than 30 on Metra. I know people say that you might as well be in the burbs, but what burb has such easy access to downtown (don’t say Oak Park, it doesn’t compare because the taxes are ridiculous and don’t get me started on 290 traffic! AUGH!), such beautiful homes (not where every house is khaki and looks exactly the same), and such a great feeling of community? We were down there this weekend and had breakfast at Beverly Bakery and made 3 new friends, no joke.
This particular house is just whatever and actually pretty generic, you wouldn’t believe the craftsmanship of homes down there. Check out this one also under $400K http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/9236-S-Winchester-Ave-60643/home/13099955, and another one that is more $$ but move-in-ready here: http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/9017-S-Leavitt-St-60643/home/13101199
“Do you guys not like Beverly? We’re thinking of moving there.”
T.S.: I’m with you. The architecture is to die for (especially at the price point.) I find it much more interesting architecturally than Oak Park or even River Forest. There are all housing styles. It has the largest concentration of Spanish revival in the city (and maybe even compared with some suburbs.) And prices have really come down.
When I was recently in the neighborhood, all I saw were kids riding bikes on tree lined streets. Some even tried to get me to stop my car and buy some lemonade from their lemonade stand.
I think people who are complaining about it haven’t ever been there.
Actually, I picked this Cape Cod to post on because it was one of the “rehabs” we’ve seen all over the city. Perhaps I should have started out with some of the houses T.S. linked to first so that people could see what was really available in the neighborhood (and which wasn’t a million dollar house.)
T.S. – I love the ones you posted. Maybe I should consider Beverly. You sure get a lot for your money there.
Yes you definitely should! I feel like it’s a hidden gem that not many people know about. Some friends are moving to La Grange, and while it’s nice with it’s cute downtown and nice homes, it’s pretty vanilla. NO diversity. I want my kids to grow up with a variety of people, and I’m not just talking about race. Different socioeconomic status, religious views, political views, etc. Everyone in La Grange seemed very “Stepford” to me. Beverly gets my vote hands down.
The mulch retains water which is a necessity in the drought.
“Maybe I should consider Beverly. You sure get a lot for your money there.”
I’ll cover some more properties so we can hear what other people think.
Anyone live there already? Please chime in with pros and cons. 🙂
matthewlesko; I have trees. I love trees. I care for my own trees as well as the neighbors saplings. The stupid trees clog my gutters, but I will pay to have my gutters cleaned over removing the trees any day. I spent summers in Michigan, running around the forests as a kid.
homedelete; if you mulch AROUND the tree, avoiding burying the trunk, in a kind of bagel or doughnut shape, that is good. If you heap it up like a volcano shape around the tree trunk and bury the trunk in 8″ of mulch, you’re doing more harm than good. 2″-4″, keep it AWAY from the trunk and “root flare” of the tree.
logansquarean…get those clip on cover thingys from home depot for your gutters.they come in plastic or metal.i have a lot of trees they work perfect for me.they go on pretty easy,i never had any trouble with them.
Sabrina – If you do cover Beverly (Hills) also please include Morgan Park. They are adjacent on the Metra/Rock Island commuter line, and my not-so-long-ago memories of taking this train include gazing at beautiful houses, parks, and local businesses in both nabes. The “Hale Street Corridor” easily seen from the Metra tracks always fascinated me; everything from stately old family homes to 1920s courtyard buildings to quirky modern architecture.
I’d say the major “downside” to living in this area over the years would have been the annual chaos surrounding the South Side Irish Parade. But I understand that’s been cleaned up recently.
I live in Morgan Park, grew up in Beverly,I love it out here. Lots of trees, beautiful houses ,a large variety
of different housing styles,people are freindly and shopping is good. I do wish we had a new book store that would be nice,I really miss the Borders that used to be here!
“I’d say the major “downside” to living in this area over the years would have been the annual chaos surrounding the South Side Irish Parade.”
You really think 2 days a year trump the other 363 of being bordered by unsafe neighborhoods?
Huh. And I’m someone who would seriously consider Beverly if I had SW burb/downstate connections.
“Everyone in La Grange seemed very “Stepford” to me.”
Brainwashed? Stereotype much? “The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical thriller novel by Ira Levin”
Stepford is just another clever way to trash a culture, by creating a false, preposterous, negative “sterotype”. Ira Levin uses the same negative technique as Norman Lear.
Sabrina; I raised my kids in Beverly until they reached high school age. We then moved to a great suburban school district. I recently posted about living in Beverly: “…Metra .. comfortably connects downtown in under 30 minutes. Ryan Xway is about 2 miles east. Local grammar schools are excellent, as is Keller, local magnet school. … Imo Beverly has rising petty crime issues and it’s unfortunately located too close to crappier hoods east and south whose residents likely cause most rising crime issues here. But at the end of the day it’s a great place to raise world wise well adjusted kids imo.”
I believe 50%+ of Beverly homeowners grew up there or nearby which narrows diversity. In my experience residents of north Beverly (north of 95th Street) imagine themselves Hinsdalian-like & consider themselves superior to residents of Beverly south of 95th and Morgan Park for reasons not clear to me. North Beverly is primarily 60+ year old raised ranches and cape cods on standard lots like this one while the spectacular homes in Beverly are mainly south of 95th. Imagine a sub-neighborhood comprised of many people who view themselves like Clio does with even less reason to support superiority complexes. But overall I liked the people, the architecture & the vibe of living in Beverly.
Just curious Southbound what suburb did you move to?
TS:
I’m a Beverly native and was able to sell my wife (Indiana native) on Beverly, we just moved in last fall on Winchester. We were able to get 2900 (partially) rehabbed square feet and a 140 foot lot for under $340k after we were done negotiating.
Some of the transplants on here paint Beverly with a broad brush, but prime North Beverly is a very professional ‘hood. My block has both police & teachers & tradesmen, and also lawyers/a doctor/a judge/I’m a CPA/MBA myself. I went to Catholic grammar and high school, but you can’t go wrong with Kellogg or Sutherland schools. St. Ignatius might kill us in 14 years, but our taxes are only $4k in the meantime.
A couple from out of state bought the place across the street from my parents house, they also knew nothing about the neighborhood until a Beverly couple invited them to take a look. I’m a native, but the wife and I are both active in meeting new people. We’ll probably see you at Beverly Bakery soon.
I can be at Ohio street in 16 minutes if I want to eat a steak downtown, you can’t beat the value you get in Beverly. My wife (attorney) and I could have afforded something on the north side, but this payment will give us all sorts of flexibility for the future.
Glad to answer any questions!