A Renovated 2-Bedroom Townhouse for Under $530,000 in Southport: 1350 W. Byron
This 2-bedroom townhouse at 1350 W. Byron in Southport came on the market in April 2021.
Built in 1999, the complex has 12 units with attached garages.
This townhouse has been renovated.
The first floor is a 1-car attached garage and a powder room.
The living room and kitchen are on the second floor. It has new hardwood floors on this level.
There’s also a wood burning fireplace with gas logs.
The kitchen has been expanded and renovated and has white cabinets with blue cabinets on the island. It has quartz counter tops, a farmhouse sink and a blue and white tile backsplash along with stainless steel appliances.
The island is big enough to seat 4.
After the renovation, there’s no longer a dining room.
The third floor is the primary suite which has a renovated “spa bathroom” with a walk-in shower and a stand alone garden tub.
The fourth floor is the second bedroom and bath with a spiral staircase to the private rooftop deck which has 360 degree city views.
The townhouse has central air.
It’s near all the shops and restaurants of Southport and a quick stroll to Wrigley Field.
At $525,300, is this a good 2/2 condo alternative for someone who wants levels and their own private garage?
Howard Andron at Mark Allen Realty has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #7: 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1500 square feet, townhouse
- Sold in July 2000 for $361,000
- Sold in November 2001 for $404,000
- Sold in January 2005 for $413,000
- Sold in June 2016 for $420,000
- Currently listed at $525,300
- Assessments of $197 a month (includes exterior maintenance and lawn care)
- Taxes of $8362
- Central Air
- Attached 1-car garage
- Wood burning fireplace with gas logs
- Bedroom #1: 12×10 (third floor)
- Bedroom #2: 13×12 (fourth floor)
- Living room: 14×10 (second floor)
- Kitchen: 19×11 (second floor)
- Laundry room; 7×4 (third floor)
- Rooftop deck: 14×16 (fifth floor)
Will the new kitchen be the big selling point for this townhouse?
Buyers love big islands.
I like the unit next door better.
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1350-W-Byron-St-60613/unit-8/home/12743620
A bit more expensive, but much better floor plan.
Yuck, two bedrooms over four floors and no outdoor space at ground level. Agree with Lauren, the other unit has a much better floor plan.
This sure brings back memories for me of the mid-1990s when my wife and I married and many of our friends were also newlyweds. We lived in a condo but others we knew had places like this in Lakeview and Lincoln Park.
This one hasn’t been changed much since then, if I’m any judge. Having a second bedroom on a different floor from the first doesn’t make much sense for young people having children. You don’t want to be running up and down stairs all day and night with the baby. Also, the stairs take up a lot of space in these units.
“There’s also a wood burning fireplace with gas logs”
What does this even mean? Is gas plumbed over or ???
Buyers may love big islands, but they like DR tables more. The powder room in the parking level is useless, but no room on the kitchen/LR
About the only thing going for this is it isn’t a duplex down
I can’t imagine anyone buying this and not feeling like they failed
July 2000 for $361,000 + CPI = $549,500
Below inflation for 21 years!
“July 2000 for $361,000 + CPI = $549,500
Below inflation for 21 years!”
The Market is so HAWT ™, that there’s a ton of affordable housing, or something, something
Its kinda sad (in a pathetic kind of way), that 2016 PP + Remodel + Front and back end fees and they’re losing money
We’re just waiting for the big bull market, wherein prices still lag inflation, but inflation is double digits, so it *looks* like there are huge value increases.
A decade of ~10% inflation goes a long way in fixing IL’s pension problem, too.
“A decade of ~10% inflation goes a long way in fixing IL’s pension problem, too.”
Not necessarily. It could help with annual contributions if wage inflation is the same.
More likely however is it would have little effect as Illinois Pension assets are diversified between equities, fixed income, real estate, commodities, private equity, etc.
Fixed income assets, growth equities, and private equity would either decrease in value or lag broader market returns while commodities, real-estate and capital intensive stocks holding and producing hard assets would appreciate.