A Completely Renovated Historic Adler Row House: 55 W. Schiller in the Gold Coast
This 4-bedroom row house at 55 W. Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2017.
Built in 1868, the listing says it is an Adler-designed property.
It’s on a 18.5 x 106 lot.
The listing also says it was completely renovated in 2017.
It has oak herringbone pattern floors, crown molding and four fireplaces, including two which are marble.
The kitchen has custom cabinets and a Prunella marble workstation by Waterworks.
3 of the four bedrooms are on the third floor with the master bedroom on the fourth floor.
The master suite overlooks a planted terrace and has a walk-in-closet and a spa bath with marble floors and a glass and steam shower.
There’s a family room on the main floor which has antique cement tiles that were salvaged from European villas.
The backyard is limestone paved.
The row house has a rare attached front 1-car garage and a small driveway which has exterior snow melt.
It has central air.
Originally listed in June 2017 for $4.2 million, it has been reduced $521,000 to $3.679 million.
What will it take to sell this home?
Dawn McKenna at Coldwell Banker has the listing. See the pictures here.
55 W. Schiller: 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, no square footage listed
- Sold in 1989 (no price listed)
- Sold in November 2007 for $959,000
- Possibly also sold in December 2013 for $970,000 (Zillow and Redfin both say it sold in 2013 but the CCRD doesn’t show this sale)
- Originally listed in June 2017 for $4.2 million
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $3.679 million
- Taxes of $20,759
- Central Air
- 1-car front attached garage
- 4 fireplaces (including 2 marble)
- Bedroom #1: 16×15 (fourth floor)
- Bedroom #2: 16×12 (third floor)
- Bedroom #3: 15×8 (third floor)
- Bedroom #4: 16×14 (third floor)
- Library: 13×10 (main floor)
- Family room: 16×15 (main floor)
So, did that reno really cost ~$2m? Or are the sellers just super greedy?
The finishes are certainly higher-end that this one:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1358-N-State-Pkwy-60610/home/14112991
but I still think it compares pretty unfavorably (other than w/r/t parking), especially for the extra $$.
Kitchen layout is a *disaster*.
Looking at the old, pre-renovated listing, they took away a lot of the original details. Lots of ornate trim and plaster work on the ceiling as well as the stair case railing/newel post. That current stair railing is just terrible. For this price point, I would have expected more of a restoration than renovation. Here’s the old listing…
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/55-W-Schiller-St-60610/home/14114500/mred-08430987
I was in this townhouse prior to the rehab and thought it was beautiful. The renovations are definitely high end and I agree the layout of the kitchen is not ideal but certainly not a “disaster”. I think it will sell but will likely sit on the market for a while.
I expected to love this. Unfortunately, it’s pretty bad. The kitchen is terrible.
This is priced too high for the location. When I think of Gold Coast town home, I’m not thinking over here. This is priced as if it were on State or Astor.
‘ the layout of the kitchen is not ideal but certainly not a “disaster””
If they were intentionally attempting to make it worse, without actually putting cabinets in front of the patio door, what would they have changed?
And (apart from the lack of functional flow) why leave the greasy-dust collection nooks next to the vent bulkhead? And two lights with hotspots featuring said painted-drywall bulkhead? It’s as if they had laid everything out for a “statement” copper (or something) hood, and then decided against for some reason.
Most underwhelming property at this price point in recent memory.
Is this correct? 2000 sq ft over 3 levels? 650++ a floor?
“2000 sq ft over 3 levels?”
Nope. First, there is a setback 4th level. 2d, the building is ~58′ deep–so about 900 per floor, and the 4th floor (all master suite) is about 700 sf. So, ~3400 gross, less the garage, would feel like about 3000.
High end but ho-hum and characterless and then you see what WAS there – – and I want to cry. There WERE some magnificent details.
At this price point, in addition to the kitchen which IS A DISASTER (ask anyone who cooks a lot), the removal of the entrance vestibule was a downgrade – – especially for this price point.
I also sure hope that they engaged a reputable structural engineer – – they sure did remove a lot of old walls.
This is no longer an Adler.