3 Years Later, California-Like Mansion Still For Sale: 1970 N. Burling in Lincoln Park
This 5-bedroom custom built single family home at 1970 N. Burling in Lincoln Park originally came on the market in September 2015.
We chattered about it in November 2015 because it has a lot of unique features. You can read the chatter here.
You might recall, it was built in 2010 on an oversized 45×122.5 lot and sits on the corner of Burling and Armitage.
It has tall brick walls that enclose the property which the listing says has a “secret” urban garden with outdoor seating.
It’s California-like indoor-outdoor living but in Chicago.
This house has a loft-like feel with big industrial windows, metalwork, timber ceilings and exposed brick.
There’s a sauna, a hot tub and a 900 bottle wine cellar.
Check out the pictures of what seems to be the master bathroom with a walk-in shower with multiple shower heads and a door from that shower that appears to lead to an outdoor deck.
There’s a guest suite coach house over the attached garage with a full kitchen.
Even the 3-car garage has amazing details, including a brick floor, which the listing says is like an “old Chicago street.”
Listed at $8.95 million in 2015, it’s still listed at $8.95 million.
Are some custom homes simply too custom to sell quickly?
Emily Sachs Wong at @Properties still has the listing. See the pictures here.
1970 N. Burling: 5 bedrooms, 6 baths, 1 half bath, 7800 square feet
- Built in 2010
- Was listed in September 2015 for $8.95 million
- Currently still listed at $8.95 million
- Taxes are now $66,066 (they were $49,788 in 2015)
- Central Air
- Sauna
- Hot tub
- Guest suite with full size kitchen
- 900 bottle wine cellar
- 3-car garage
- Bedroom #1: 23×18 (third floor)
- Bedroom #2: 17×14 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 13×15 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 13×14 (second floor)
- Bedroom #5: 12×24 (second floor)
- Great room: 22×24
Ironic, I walked past this place earlier today and wondered if John Novak ever sold this place. I was also at North Ave. beach on Sat and you can see his big blue statue (the one of much debate) off in the distance up at Fullerton park….. very random.
Incredible home, very eclectic style, so much different than everything else you see… sadly I suspect massive 50+% price drops and some tasteless buffoon to strip the place of all its character to live in
I was going to say that I hate the exterior of this home, then I went back to the 2015 discussion…
I am quite consistent, it seems.
It’s so sad, the way this neighborhood looks now. Most of what made it desirable in the first place (quaint 19th century architecture) is being taken down for ostentatious properties like this one.
To appreciate what’s been lost, I’d encourage people to take a walk along Burling Street from Armitage north to Webster. A beautiful street that’s kept nearly all of its original architecture and remains as wonderful as the rest of the neighborhood used to be before the show-offs chose this area to build the obnoxious monuments to their riches.
I actually kinda like the interior — it’s at least interesting and has some cool features and design elements. They clearly put a lot of time and effort into it. And I’m not normally a loft guy. I agree the exterior leaves something to be desired…Of course, for $9M in Chicago you can get basically anything you want so it’s not like there’s an extensive buyer pool for this and it is somewhat taste specific. In addition, the lot really isn’t all that big for such a large structure and seems to have zero outdoor grass. If I’m spending that kind of coin, I personally would like some private grass on the property somewhere. Yeah, pavers and plants look nice, but I want grass for the kids/dog.
I really wanted to like this place. I want to applaud originality. However, in response to a comment from the previous 2015 chatter on this house:
“The owner worked in construction from what I recall.”
the thing that crosses my mind is that builder must have serious stock in a brick company. How much brick is too much? I don’t know, but I know it when I see it!