2 Years Later, Top Floor Duplex Up is Back (With a New Kitchen): 1866 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park
We last chattered about this top floor 3-bedroom duplex-up at 1866 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park in May 2010.
See our May 2010 chatter here.
The main chatter wasn’t about the price, but about the parking (or lack thereof.) As the unit does NOT have a parking space.
Matt Garrison, the realtor on the listing at the time, was kind enough to chime in about the parking saying that there is a coach house behind the property so that’s why there aren’t any spaces with the unit. However, there is apparently rental parking about a block away.
2 years ago, some of you also criticized the kitchen which had white cabinets, counter tops and appliances. Someone said they should throw in a new Ikea kitchen.
The new listing says that there is a “new kitchen.” It still has white cabinets- with a different look- but there are stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops.
You can see a picture of the old kitchen in our former chatter.
For those of you confused about the floorplan, the three bedrooms are on the second floor with the living/dining/kitchen/family room on the duplex up top floor.
The unit also has roof rights.
There is central air and a washer/dryer in the unit.
The unit has been re-listed at the old 2009 list price. It is also $64,000 above the 2006 purchase price.
With the hotter market (and less inventory), will this seller finally get the 2009 list price?
Elise Kaplan at @Properties now has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #PH: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2712 square feet
- Sold in February 1994 for $292,500
- Sold in November 2006 for $585,000
- Was listed in December 2009 for $649,900
- Reduced
- Was listed in May 2010 for $624,900
- Withdrawn
- Currently listed for $649,000
- Assessments of $310 a month (includes cable)
- Taxes now $10,000 (they were $7298 in May 2010)
- Central Air
- In-unit Washer/Dryer
- No parking
- Skylights
- Bedroom #1: 20×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 14×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 13×10 (second floor)
- Family room: 17×11 (third floor)
A couple comments on the roof rights: In the prior chatter there was discussion of an estimate of $10 – $15k to do a 20 by 20 deck by extending the staircase up through the ceiling and up to the roof. I doubt that amount would even get you that first egress, and code requires 2. So I would not be too optimistic about being able to do a roof deck for a reasonable amount. Generally, if it’s easy to do one, there would already be one there.
Cool place; I sort of like having the living areas up top (though that means one extra flight to climb, as most often one is trying to access the kitchen or other living areas upon entry, and it also puts the sleeping rooms that much closer to the sounds of Halsted). Further to JJJ’s comment, if a roof deck were really in the cards, there would already be one. We’ve got “roof rights” too; the place was marketed that way, and we’ll market it that way too, though I doubt the next owner will actually build a deck.
Anyways, as discussed in the previous thread, the parking is the big problem with this place. Taxes aren’t so pretty either. I hope they get at least $600k, though I’d bet they’d be glad to close at the 2006 price (if it doesn’t sell in the next 6 weeks, I imagine it’s heading into mid-500’s territory, tops).
If anyone sees this place and loves it, but would rather give up a bedroom/1,000 sq ft in exchange for a garage space and better/quieter location, we could have a deal!
that’s not a roof deck, it’s access to your air conditioner! plenty of roof decks have been built in this city w/out 2 egress, for a few years I think it was the norm.
The place looks great in these photos – a floor plan would really come in handy to help potential buyers visualize if this place would work for them before they were able to visit. Lack of parking is a big inconvenience and it would be kind of strange to have to have your kitchen/living room on the top floor and bedrooms on the lower. Also, is Oscar Meyer a good school or would you be better off paying this amount of money for a home in one of the three B’s districts?