3-Bedroom Rehabbed By An HGTV Designer Reduces $75,000: 1243 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park
Last March, we chattered about a 3-bedroom duplex in a converted synagogue at 1243 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park which had been bought in 2009 and then rehabbed by an HGTV designer.
See our prior chatter here.
Back in March, some of you thought it was over-rehabbed and would appeal to too small a niche of buyers. A few others thought the rehab was great but the price too high.
The unit has since reduced $75,100.
If you recall, this 3-bedroom last sold in December 2009.
It always had exposed brick and high ceilings.
But now it also has built-ins, crown molding, gothic arches and a new kitchen with custom walnut cabinets, granite counter tops and upscale stainless steel appliances.
One of the bathrooms has a log as the sink (make sure you check out ALL the pics.)
In March, someone said that this would sell in the $500,000s.
Is this new price closer to reality?
You can see the pictures from the prior sale here.
Daniel Otto at Conlon Real Estate has the listing. See the pictures of the rehabbed unit here.
Unit #4: 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2000 square feet, 1 car parking
- Sold in April 2005 for $507,000
- Sold in December 2009 for $470,000
- Was listed in March 2012 for $695,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $619,900
- Assessments of $280 a month
- Taxes of $7700
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- Bedroom #1: 22×11 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 18×10 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 12×10 (main floor)
I’d leave a log in that sink…
So…. purple light up sink – Check
Log sink – Check
acid trippin marble – check
man I would certainly enjoy getting food poisoning in these fabulous bathrooms!
rest of the place kinda sucks and doesn’t look like 2k sqft
The kitchen and baths are awful.
If anyone is interested in what this condo looked before HGTV got their hands on it:
http://www.urbanrealestate.com/property/1243-N-Wolcott-Unit-4-CHICAGO-IL-60622-2VGNO2V5RRV44.html
This building answers the question, Is there anything worse than tearing down a historical edifice?
Unit is pure kitsch (the bad kind).
If the 2009 price was $470,000, I don’t think they can expect more than $400,000 for it now. It would take at least $70k to undo the horrific damage done to it by whatever hack decorator ruined it.
Michael, I think it would cost more a lot more than $70K to fix this place. No thanks.
I’d much rather live in the before than the after…
I have to say that some of the design direction aka church gothic is odd but overall it might be cool in person. Sometimes all of the movement in a large piece if stone is really cool. In my opinion the shower just did not photograph well but perhaps it is really cool in person. I can tell you that it was expensive and difficult to craft. Kudos to the installers for such a great job.
In the end they will find a buyer that appreciates the look. It will close between $550K and $575K before to some church loving designer wanna be before October 1st.
I know I am in the minority… I like it. It repeats the arch theme of the entrance and doesn’t look like every other interior in Chicago. The interior style feels like part of the original building. If I was a goth kid, I would hang up some dark red curtains and call it a day.
The marble in the bathrooms, not that great… But I don’t understand the dislike for the rest of the unit.
Hey by the way can I say the word “cool” at least three times in one blog without sounding like a so cal idiot? Didn’t think so.
Thats what you get when I type as I am trying to talk on the phone. Are we cool?
jp: at least you didn’t use “wicked” three times.
Not bad, just something that a bitchy friend would say, “Well this is DIFFERENT!” A little too much arches.
I actually like the log sink! It is a bit odd here, could see it in a cabin. I wonder where they got it?
why would they change the master bath from 2 lav’s to 1?
Fugly!