5 Porches = An Outdoor Lovers Dream: 6129 N. Northcott in Norwood Park
If you dream about sitting out on your front porch drinking a lemonade on a hot summer night, then this 3-bedroom Victorian at 6129 N. Northcott in Old Norwood Park is for you.
It doesn’t just have the front porch, though, it has two secret side porches, a back porch and a porch on the second level for a total of 5 outdoor spaces.
In addition, if you want some grass to tend to, the house is on an oversized Chicago lot measuring 50×200.
All 3 bedrooms are on the second level, which also has cathedral ceilings and skylights.
There are 2 wood burning fireplaces including one in the master bedroom.
There is also a full, unfinished basement which the listing calls a recreation room.
The kitchen has a stainless steel refrigerator.
The house has central air and a 2-car garage and is just about 4 blocks to the Norwood Park Metra station.
Amie Klujian at Keller Williams has the listing. See more pictures including a floorplan here.
6129 N. Northcott: 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 car garage, no square footage listed
- Last sold in 1987 (I can’t find a previous sales price)
- Originally listed in April 2010 for $674,900
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $635,000 (just lowered to this price)
- Taxes of $5200
- Central Air
- 2 wood burning fireplaces
- Bedroom #1: 15×12
- Bedroom #2: 14×11
- Bedroom #3: 20×11
wow… a 200′ lot. of course, they haven’t exactly made the most of it judging by the photos (love that one lonely chair).
It could be your turn to do something with it skeptic! I’m thinking bocce ball court next to the basket ball half court. and the requisite garden.
More for your mowing pleasure.
It’s a lovely property and looks to be very well cared for. What is the neighborhood like? Anybody familiar with it? How is the commute to downtown? The price strikes me as high.
The bedrooms appear to be pretty tight, and I have a pet peeve against having to walk through a closet to access a bathroom.
Beautiful home.
I love it, but if it was mine I’d definitely be busily converting all that lawn into garden – with maybe an outdoor bowling alley as well, or even a miniature golf course!
Old Norwood is a beautiful neighborhood. About 30 minutes to Ogilvie Station on the Metra.
i like the yard, the house has character; dunno if its 600K but I seen worst.
is that staircase up to code? looks dangerous!
Despite that Chicago RE price indices are plummeting, people continue to put lofty stamps on their ask prices as demonstrated by properties such as this.
I am curious who would buy this? The rich who actually like Norwood Park and can afford to send their kids to school?
Who exactly is the target demographic for these off the beaten path homes that have exorbitant ask prices? Is it a cheap ploy to lure anon(tfo) out of Nortcenter?
Where I come from 600k is a lot of money. Apparently some people in Chicago are steal RE punch-drunk and think thats a run of the mill ask price.
err can afford to send their kids to private school?
where I come from this is a pretty nice house… so yeah, its going to cost a lot of money but 600k is quite a bit for 3 bedrooms out of “the green zone”
This is actually Old Norwood Park. It’s an enclave within Norwood Park. It’s more expensive than the rest of NP, and anyone house shopping around there would put a huge premium on being in the “Old” part of the neighborhood.
It’s a really great neighborhood for anyone with kids; definitely a family neighborhood. Norwood Park School (PK-8), which only serves Old N.P., is one of the best in Chicago, small, with only one or two classrooms per grade in one of those gorgeous old brick school buildings with wooden floors and wide corriders. Just go on google maps and “drive around” the school and surrounding residential area, It’s like a little old-fashioned village in the middle of Chicago, all residential, with a nearby retail strip that’s over the Metra tracks on Northwest Highway. The neighborhood is right off the Kennedy, and there’s a subway station nearby on Harlem and a Metra station that’s a restored old train station (with a really cute cafe in it).
I was lucky enough to get my kids into that school and I used to drive them there every day, we lived pretty far away so it was quite a commute for us, but it was well worth it, the school was wonderful. We tried to find a house there but it was too expensive at that time. The thing that’s nice for families is that it’s sort of a non-urban residential enclave–the streets ring the local school so the local roads don’t follow the grid pattern and you don’t get any thru traffic. Neighborhood kids ride their bikes to the pool, the library, the school. It’s really nice for kids. The housing stock is basically all rehabbed, older single family houses.
50×200. . . as an oversized lot fan, and owner, I am humbled and jealous.
Must be that time of year again where we get to drool over “lush gardens in the city,” etc.
This place is awesome by my measures and I think it’s priced pretty well. While I admit I would probably never live here as I consider it to be too suburban / car dependent, I admit if you compare the 30min metra commute with the areas where you get 30min L commutes, this stacks up really favorably.
Oh and Bob, curious exactly what is your beef with Norwood Park elmentary? It’s not exactly known as a problem school. . .
SquareD on June 1st, 2010 at 6:50 pm
“…Oh and Bob, curious exactly what is your beef with Norwood Park elmentary? It’s not exactly known as a problem school. . .”
SquareD,
Have you noticed that the people who complain loudest about CPS don’t even have kids? ( or any first hand knowledge of Chicago schools for that matter.
“SquareD,
Have you noticed that the people who complain loudest about CPS don’t even have kids? ( or any first hand knowledge of Chicago schools for that matter.”
I hope for his sake and theirs Bob doesn’t have kids, but I’m not one to make assumptions. . . 😉
I look at Norwood Park from time to time. This seems like a pretty competitive listing price. School is good although I hear that class sizes are high. Maybe something like low to mid 30s class for kindergarten next year (can’t remember exactly).
“It’s a lovely property and looks to be very well cared for. What is the neighborhood like? Anybody familiar with it? How is the commute to downtown? The price strikes me as high”
Norwood park area is beautiful, amazing tree lined streets, good people, quiet as shyt, some streets are very “showy offy” others are “suburban feel” its a mix of victorians a frame, brick bungalows, and strangely many ranch homes too. its not blue collar as neighbor edison park but not snooty like the burbs.
Norwood park elementary is one of the top CPS schools and last i looked is towards the top state wide. Taft HS is a stay away from school so most parents use clout and strategic donations to get their kids into Northside prep or Lane. if not they used to turn to notre dame for boys and resurrection for girls. (i had a buddy who’s parents sent him to loyola for boys, now that was a trek from norwood).
i dont know the commute time for metra or blue line from here but will say that most NW homes make you car dependent for shopping which really isnt a bad thing being that your right off 90 and and have a mall straight down harlem and a big box shopping area off touhy and central.
your nightlife and dining will be served by park ridge and a neat little strip of many eateries in edison park on NW Hwy.
also if you have kids into basketball the pee-wee league at the park there is very competitive and hard to get into at times.
this house is well staged with no clutter and just the right amount of furniture in each room.
BTW off topic Wipeout is the greatest show on tv 🙂
What is not to like about this place? The renovation seems to be of good to above average quality (nice kitchen) the floor plan is very flexible with well above average room sizes (great solution for the sloped roof lines) the size of the yard is fantastic with a ton of potential for a green thumber, the 5 porches are awesome, the view out the front is very nice…just too many positives going for it to be dissed.
Even though I could care less about the school system (I usually don’t consider this aspect when purchasing for a rehab), I agree with the poster who stated “Have you noticed that the people who complain loudest about CPS don’t even have kids? (or any first hand knowledge of Chicago schools for that matter.
And for what you are getting, $600 is NOT that much $$$. Say you were to have this opportunity in say…LP, what would you pay for it then? Well past a mil and a half would be my guess.
Some one is going to be getting one nice place for their money!
PS Thanks so much Sab for taking our suggestion and featuring homes outside the city. It seems doing so has put many ‘city experts’ at a loss for words. There is a whole different world outside the alleged green zone and the rules are totally different.
“BTW off topic Wipeout is the greatest show on tv”
Where the hell did that come from Groovy? Thanks for my first laugh of the day…well actually the second as the school comment was my first!
You are my fav poster groove…the Chicago wind beneath my wings…:)
“PS Thanks so much Sab for taking our suggestion and featuring homes outside the city.”
Norwood Park is in the city, though.
Thkx Madeline, of course you are correct. I was referring more to the style of the house, the yardage, the setting, etc. that is so much different than the usual condos here.
Even though it is still ‘in the city’, it has such a non-urban feel to it and I am sure many will find that appealing.
“Have you noticed that the people who complain loudest about CPS don’t even have kids? ( or any first hand knowledge of Chicago schools for that matter.”
hehehe.
““BTW off topic Wipeout is the greatest show on tv”
Where the hell did that come from Groovy? Thanks for my first laugh of the day”
Hey westyloopelo,
I dont get to watch too much tv but yesterday i took a chill day and watched that wipe out show and laughed my azzzz off the whole time. all tv shows should have fools getting knocked on their bums in strangely odd “mario brothers” ways.
“You are my fav poster groove…the Chicago wind beneath my wings…:)”
yep its true i blow a lot of hot air….hey just like our mayor and alderman have been doing for years.
back to the property, Many of you people here (read; suburban transplants) covet this “urban” ideal you have in your mind and pass on get opportunities on the NW side cause its past western but yet go urban pioneer (read; cant afford) then flock to many odd area’s (read pilsen, logan, ukie village, west town, albany park, ect.)
Chicago is a large city with mini towns within it, even when we take out the south side. yes the NW side is like a inner burb with street cred but shouldnt be counted out.
this same house and lot in LP would be 2.5mil, in NorthCostCo still would fetch 1mill+, in bell school district 1.8mil, shoot in Oak Park it would be 1.4mill, (just for home delete In Palatine it would be at 300k well cause its Palatine)
but in NW chicago its only 600k
you know what you guys keep sleeping on the NW side cause its keeping the prices low (except Portgage) and groove likes his extra cash for his toys and clothes 🙂
Many single or kid less couples are missing out on Jeff Park, If i worked downtown its where my family would be living.
I will be out in Norwood/Edison tonight at Nonno Pino for some darn good eats at cheap prices.
you green zone humpers need to swing out that way to see what your missing!
“I will be out in Norwood/Edison tonight at Nonno Pino for some darn good eats at cheap prices”
sorry got an email just now, its changed to Zia’s across the street.
Its better than nonno’s IMHO, so groove is happy.
BTW the valet is free in edison park, see you guys are missing out.