$30K Reduction on Bank Owned Unit in the Pattington: 670 W. Irving Park Rd.
We chattered about this 3-bedroom vintage unit at 670 W. Irving Park Road in the Pattington complex on the edge of Lakeview in May.
See our prior chatter and pictures here.
It is still on the market and has been reduced $30,000.
The unit is now listed $6,000 below the 2000 purchase price.
Henry Jones at Jones Realty still has the listing. See more pictures here.
Unit #G8: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1800 square feet
- Sold in January 2000 for $215,000
- Sold in May 2002 for $290,000
- Sold in May 2004 for $325,000
- Bank owned
- Was listed in May 2009 for $239,900
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $209,900
- Assessments of $724 a month
- Taxes of $3812
- No central air- window units
- In-unit washer/dryer
- Parking available to rent
- Wood burning fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 13×16
- Bedroom #2: 10×11
- Bedroom #3: 8×9
$724 monthly assessments plus unspecified “special assesments”….fail
‘edge of Lakeview” = Uptown.
Bedroom #3: 8×9
bedroom fail
Stay far far away from this one
it is technically in uptown, methinks – north side of irving.
Correct bubbleboi.
I think we’re being a bit harsh here:
‘Uptown’: its on the north side of Irving Park, would it be worth significantly more on the south side of Irving? It not like its all the way at Foster.
Small 3rd bedroom: so then its a 2+ den/ 2 bath; either way 1800sqft is pretty big. Its a vintage building so bedrooms tend to be small
Assessment: from the redfin listing it looks like the $700+ includes the special assessment, don’t know if that is true. If anyone knows or finds out let us know. If that is the case, regular assmnts of $400-500 would not be outrageous with heat for $1800.
this has to be one of the few foreclosures that I’ve seen with the appliances in tact.
Didn’t the old owner realize they’re suppossed to steal the appliances right before the sherrif evicts them….
knowing the pattington, i would be shocked if the listed assessments include the special.
This area actually isn’t too bad. It on the north side of Irving Park which makes it Uptown, but Lakeview is the south side of the street. The Sheridan red line stop is right down the street and its walking distance to Wrigleyville/Boystown. This is as close to Lakeview as you can get without the price premium.
this is as close to congestion you can get without being in Lakeview.
“temporarily off market”
I have been in this unit, 3 weeks ago. The building itself is terrific, but this unit is sad. The floors in the front of the building slope enough significantly. Yes, the bedrooms are small. And yes the maid’s room is tiny, not even a den. And it has one of those “maid’s bath” that you cannot close the door and turn around inside. I tried. Maids must have been smaller then.
As for the north side of Irving, it makes no difference, why do you all have your panties in a twist over this??? Even if it did, it would be Buena Park, not Uptown. There is no special assessment that I know of, the agent did not mention it. And, for a landmark property, the monthly is not out of line. Plus, they have a million dollar reserve, so my guess is they pay cash for things like a new roof or boilder, which makes things cheaper in the long run.
It does have an outdoor space off the dining room which was quite nice. And It looks like all the windows are new.
Our estimate is that it would be 30-40K in renovation. But that 15 degree slope in the floor was a deal killer for us.
How do you fix the slope?
Buena Park IS part of Uptown.
I used to live in this building (in the same stairwell). I moved out a couple of years ago to get in a better school district for kids. I have no axe to grind. It’s a great old building with a location I really miss–right by express buses and the lake bike path.
The assessments are high because of the heat bill and also the fact there is a lot of upkeep given it’s age. It was rental up until 1977 and really run down, so a lot of money has been spent fixing it up. This unit needs work–it’s been fixed up in a hodge podge manner.
Two things: unlike every other low rise, vintage condo I saw before buying here, the structural floors beneath the wood floors are concrete. They were built that way as a fire supressant and that means you do not hear your neighbors at all. Secondly, it’s Uptown. It might not feel like what people think of as Uptown, but it is when you are buying and selling.
reduced again – to $189,900
is this a deal now? i’m guessing the sloping buzz refers to is the reason this is not selling?
UNDER CONTRACT (still listed at $189)
Bets from the gallery on closing price?
out of contract, back on market…