A 6-Bedroom Modern Farmhouse with 17 Skylights: 3054 N. Southport in Southport
This 6-bedroom single family home at 3054 N. Southport in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in July 2018.
Built in 2016 by MK Construction, the listing calls it a “modern farmhouse.”
Built on a 26×125 lot, which is a foot wider than the standard 25×125 lot, the house is 21 feet wide.
It has 10 foot ceilings and 8 foot doors along with 2 laundries and 2 wet bars.
The focal point of the house is an open staircase with an accent wall of reclaimed timbers.
The floors are quarter sawn white oak hardwood.
The kitchen has modern cabinets in white and wood-like look (this is the kitchen that is now “in” on the East Coast) along with Wolf and Subzero appliances.
3 of the 6 bedrooms are on the second floor, with 2 other bedrooms on the third floor (although it appears that one bedroom has no windows- but only skylights) and there’s one bedroom in the basement.
There’s also a home theater in the lower level.
There’s a recreation room on the top floor.
The listing says the house has 17 skylights. You can check them out yourself in the floor plan.
There are 2 decks and a cedar and steel pergola in the backyard.
The house also has a 2-car garage and central air along with a security system with cameras.
The listing says its in the Burley school district.
Originally listed in July 2018 for $1.8 million, it has been reduced $150,000 and is now listed at $1.65 million.
That’s $15,000 under its 2016 selling price.
Is the luxury single family home market now a buyers market?
Greg Vollan at @Properties has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
3054 N. Southport: 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 5100 square feet
- Sold in May 2016 for $1.665 million
- Originally listed in July 2018 for $1.8 million
- Reduced several times
- Currently listed at $1.65 million
- Taxes of $29,564
- Central Air
- 2 car garage
- 2 decks
- Bedroom #1: 14×21 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 10×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 10×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 12×17 (third floor)
- Bedroom #5: 11×14 (basement)
- Bedroom #6: 10×10 (third floor)
- Recreation Room: 15×24 (third floor)
- Theater: 15×18 (basement)
this place is great but I don’t think having that many skylights is a big benefit, I shudder at the thought of keeping those all from leaking!!! Then again if I can afford this place I probably don’t care
What a bummer for the 2016 buyer to sink 1.665 mil plus all of their own upgrades (security, fixtures, etc., only to lose out 2 years later with a lower price and paying realtor’s commission. That said, this should sell fairly quickly now. It is truly a beautiful home.
“Then again if I can afford this place I probably don’t care”
Feel like your house/car budget ratio needs some adjusting.
” 2 years later with a lower price”
One like-for-like loser away from a trend!
It’s a great place (although not my personal style) and I really like the location. The first place I owned was right by there, and my second place was in the area but north of Addison, but I’d still go back over to the Southport/Wellington area quite often because I went to St. Als, and had tickets to a theater company that used the Athenaeum, and had a vet around there, and besides S&G is a fun place to grab brunch sometimes. (The area was even better when the Powells was there, though.)
My own personal history aside, however, I kind of think that being on Southport right there puts something of a cap on prices. I recall when that part of the street was pretty much all dumpy workers cottages that needed work — that’s not a slam, I wanted to buy one — and they were either owned by older people who bought them ages ago well before the neighborhood changed or rentals. Now, of course, there are a lot more fixed up or newer places on that stretch, but it still has something of the older feel, and is really close to the Lincoln intersection and that Pockets and the old funeral home (that is now condos, maybe?). I don’t think it can command the price point of the places around there on side streets, like George. Also, most of the places in the same price range as this one was aiming for tend to be bigger or have bigger lots.
It is a bummer for the owner to lose money on it.
Nice looking house. But personally, I wouldn’t like that many sky lights (especially in a media room – glare galore). But most poignantly, I would not like my first floor window to be so close to the sidewalk at street level (not raised) nor without a fence, especially on a big busy street like Southport.
I like this place a lot except for the odd two-toned front. Great location too. If it doesn’t sell soon then I think we have a softening market.
The kitchen, baths, and stairwell are lovely (if not my personal taste), and I covet the outdoor fireplace, but the rest is just okay – not bad, certainly, and perfectly nice, just not $1.6M nice.
Agree on the skylights in the media room – not practical; however, it’s a large enough house that there’s plenty of space for a TV in a room with less glare.
As Stephanie alludes to, this micro-area is slightly less polished than the rest of the Southport Corridor (is that still a thing?); the stretch of Lincoln near here is depressing – Entente notwithstanding.
“so close to the sidewalk”
Hadn’t focused on that, but that means that this is a reno, rather than ground up new construction. Would be really curious how completed gutted it actually was, and if they actually did things right–I’m been witnessing a ‘not really right’ reno project near me this year. I will feel bad for the eventual buyer.
“Feel like your house/car budget ratio needs some adjusting.”
I can’t drive a house!
I frequently walk by this place and feel like the location is very good. Southport isn’t THAT busy. Sure, it would be nicer on side street but Southport isn’t noisy or trashy in the slightest. If this place doesn’t sell at the new price I’d be surprised. Its a beautiful house in a top neighborhood so unless I’m missing something, I’d bet it goes under contract before 2019.
I love the house but being on SP would be a problem for me. If it was set back more, with a yard in front, that would work.
@Stephanie – the funeral home is a total mess. some work was done to open up windows and it’s supposed to get 2 levels added along with a new building on the parking lot across the alley, but that was all approved like 2 years ago and nothing has happened.
Closed at $1,565,000.
Thanks for the update Sid V.
It hasn’t been fun for many who bought in the last 3 years and are attempting to sell. When you add in realtor fees, this was a substantial loss.
“When you add in realtor fees”
Wait…we’re doing that now? I thought that the CC sez that if the nominal price went up, that it shows a gain.