Forget About Buying a Townhouse, Buy This 3-Bedroom East Village House Instead: 832 N. Marshfield
We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 832 N. Marshfield in the East Village several times in the last few months.
See our May 2010 chatter and pictures here.
Checking back in on it, it has been reduced another $20,000 since our last chatter.
This home has 20-foot high ceilings in the living room.
It also has a backyard and a 2-car garage as well as air conditioning.
All three bedrooms are on the second floor of the house.
Is this now a deal compared with nearby townhouses and duplex condos?
Jay Kuchenbecker at Conlon still has the listing. See more pictures here.
832 N. Marshfield: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, no square footage listed, 2 car garage
- Sold in May 1994 for $43,000
- Sold in October 1994 for $96,000
- Was listed in March 2010 for $549,900
- Reduced
- Was listed in May 2010 for $499,900
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $479,000
- Taxes of $7652
- Central Air
- Bedroom #1: 16×14
- Bedroom #2: 12×12
- Bedroom #3: 12×12
Great space. Great place. If you are looking for a long term place this neighborhood, it probably is a awesome buy (especially with interest rates so low).
I would fire my realtor if I had to drop the price from $549K to $479K and his website (see link above) still reflected the $549K price.
@Jon – In fairness, that is not the Realtor’s site, rather it is the site of VHT, the photography services company. But, you are correct that he should do a better job of managing his listing’s presence online.
This place has been a rental over the past several years, so I would be on the lookout for deferred maintenance issues.
I used to live in this neighborhood, and would love to go back at any cost. However, as a poor recent-grad who probably won’t ever see the inside of a place in this price range, I’m strangely saddened that $479k would get me a kitchen that is essentially an enlargement of my current crappy shoebox rental kitchen.
Not knocking the style, just getting bewildered by my recent foray into the RE world and trying to figure out what people get for their money.
Take a damn outdoor picture in the summertime. The backyard with a bare tree and a carpet of leaves is NOT appealing. If you updated the picture showing nice green grass and maybe a little cafe table/chairs out there, maybe some adirondack chairs, etc. it would probably entice a few more people to at least come take a look at it.
look on google maps street view and this place used to be painted white.i think that looked better than the current red color.
Very good deal for the money. I never expected to see an such an attractive SF in a trendy neighborhood listed for such a price. It should move quickly.
Good call on the paint – looks much better in the previous color.
For someone who wants privacy, reduced risk from a crappy condo association & long term benefit of land ownership, this is a great condo/townhouse alternative. As a realtor & resident of Ukranian Village, this is the route I took myself 6 yrs ago when I bought a 3 flat as a condo alternative. But it’s important to note that the homeowner is likely giving up interior sf over a compaarable condo/townhouse. A newer construction (
Does anyone know where the front door to this place is? It looks uninviting. The neighborhood is great, contrary to the older posts on this place.
“Does anyone know where the front door to this place is?”
It’s on the side–don’t remember which, but figured it out from some combination of interior pix and streetview/birdseye view.
Sale pending – last list price $479k
Sold for $450k last week.
I call fair deal.