A 2/2 With a Big Private Deck in East Lakeview for $545,000: 545 W. Aldine
This 2-bedroom at 545 W. Aldine in East Lakeview came on the market in August 2021.
Built in 2000, this brick and limestone building has 31 units and an attached heated garage.
It also has an elevator, a bike room and a common roof top deck.
This 2-bedroom has a split floor plan with hardwood floors throughout that were new in both bedrooms and the foyer in 2018.
The kitchen has wood cabinets, stone counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
The primary bedroom has an en suite bathroom with a double vanity and a walk-in-closet.
It has central air, washer/dryer in the unit, a newer furnace (2019) and deeded garage parking is available for $35,000.
But the big selling point is the south facing 29×15 private, fenced deck.
In New York City, according to the New York Times, sales of new construction condos with outdoor space are hot.
From July 1, 2020, through the end of June 2021, sales of new-development units with a private terrace increased by 42.3 percent across the city, and sales of units with a balcony increased about 40 percent, compared with two years earlier, before the pandemic, according to the real estate data firm Marketproof. Sales in buildings with a communal roof deck also increased nearly 19 percent.
At 450 Warren Street, a five-story, 18-unit condo under construction in Brooklyn, every unit has at least two balconies or terraces. To get to their apartments in one of three structures, connected by footbridges and courtyards, residents will walk through open-air passages enclosed by metal mesh, rather than using interior hallways.
In other projects, developers aren’t just providing raw outdoor space — they’re delivering units with the landscaping already in place.
At Flatiron House, at 39 West 23rd Street, CookFox Architects is designing a 44-unit, terra-cotta-and-glass condo for the developer Anbau that will sprout with greenery from a series of irrigated loggias extending up the facades — planted with lowbush blueberry, alpine strawberry, thyme, oregano and lavender — with perforated railings that serve as trellises. The developer anticipates beginning sales later this month, with units priced from $1.85 to more than $18 million.
Listed at $545,000 in August, this unit went under contract within days but dropped out.
It’s again listed at $545,000.
Are decks, patios and balconies a “must” going forward in Chicago?
CJ George at Dream Town Realty has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #2F: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, no square footage listed
- Sold in April 2000 for $362,500 (included parking)
- Sold in September 2013 for $540,000 (included parking)
- Sold in June 2018 for $506,000 (included the parking)
- Originally listed in August 2021 for $545,000
- Under contract– but fell out
- Currently listed at $545,000 (plus heated garage parking for $35,000)
- Assessments of $554 a month (includes cable, exterior maintenance, scavenger, Internet, Bike room, Sundeck)
- Taxes of $8480
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Bedroom #1: 14×12
- Bedroom #2: 12×10
- Kitchen: 14×10
- Living/dining room: 22×21
- Walk-in-closet: 9×7
- Deck: 29×15
Someone really botched this floor plan.. There’s barely enough room for a queen size bed in the Master.
There’s barely enough room for a queen size bed in the Master.
Not loving the floor plan (Living/Dining area is way too small), but I think the issue in the bedroom is furniture placement. Pics in the 2018 listing show a queen with room to spare.
“Pics in the 2018 listing show a queen with room to spare.”
Would be sooo much better without the middle window and the sticking out column.
Apr-00 price + CPI = $580k.
So, bang on flat in real terms–and the mechanicals are newish, the appliances newish and upgraded, and some of the flooring has been replaced, so the unit itself is not a deferred maintenance bomb. So long as the Ass’n has done similar with the building itself, this might actually be “better than (when it was) new”.
My old street once again! I lived across the street from here for several years in the late 1980s. The two buildings where this edifice now sits were torn down for it (no great loss, they were bland as could be).
Anyway, I love the location and street, but this unit is a firm pass. Low floor, rear view of electric wires, space looks kind of tight.
An upper floor in this building might be attractive. Though I’m not a fan of the architecture. The building is basically too large for the streetscape, but most people don’t care about that.
Chicks dig my big deck. Especially Jan Terri. LOLZ
“basically too large for the streetscape”
Step back should have been a floor lower, probably.
I walked through the model when this building went up. Tiny, tiny, tiny.
What is with that mess of power lines and cables right next to the patio? The developer should have been required to bury all utility lines.
” The developer should have been required to bury all utility lines.”
No alley, and the lines serve the entire block over to Sheridan. Even if all the neighbors agreed to allow someone else to pay to do it (they most likely wouldn’t) it likely would have been prohibitively expensive.
The building is basically too large for the streetscape, but most people don’t care about that.
I can see this building from my deck, and even though there are high rises within half a block, the height and “bulk” of this place make it stand out like a sore thumb.
I appreciate a stylist crock pot/rice cooker/air fryer display as much as anyone and it may be enough to distract from the utility lines and get buyers in to take a look at this place, but this broker should go back and dust the lower shelf and re-shoot the shot.
“I appreciate a stylist crock pot/rice cooker/air fryer display as much as anyone and it may be enough to distract from the utility lines and get buyers in to take a look at this place, but this broker should go back and dust the lower shelf and re-shoot the shot.”
It went under contract within 4 days in August when it first came on the market.
Wow, this is $400K max. What a joke. Terrible layout.
Outdoor area is great
They’ve polished this turd about as much as possible.
Its a small (<1200sf) 2br, with entry level finishes. Difficult to figure out the rental equivalent, but theres a serious premium for the deck and location
“Wow, this is $400K max. What a joke. Terrible layout.”
In 2021? Unlikely.