A West Town 3-Bedroom Top Floor Duplex Up for $589,000: 1700 W. Chicago
This top floor corner duplex up at 1700 W. Chicago in West Town came on the market in November 2023.
1700 W. Chicago has 15 units and attached garage parking. It was converted into condos in 2002.
This unit has south and east facing windows (replaced in 2021).
The first floor is the kitchen, living/dining room, two bedrooms and a full bathroom.
The kitchen is open to the living room and dining nook which is in the historic turret.
It has white cabinets, jet black granite countertops with a breakfast bar, stainless steel appliances, and a white subway tile backsplash.
The guest bathroom on the first floor has a marble dual vanity.
The second floor has the primary suite which has an en suite bathroom with marble throughout, a dual vanity, walk-in-shower and linen closet along with a walk-in-closet.
This unit has 3 outdoor spaces. One deck on the first floor and two on the second floor. One deck is off the primary suite and faces south and one is off the hallway which faces north and the listing says could be used for entertaining. Both decks have skyline views.
It has the features buyers look for including central air (2021), side-by-side washer/dryer (2018) and one car garage parking with an additional tandem exterior spot.
The listing says this building is near “dozens of restaurants (Beatnik, Yuzu Sushi, & Forbidden Root are all a stone’s throw away!) & bars, coffee shops, the Kennedy, & tons of public transportation options.”
Listed at $589,000, is this duplex a townhouse alternative?
Melanie Everett and Courtney Funkhouser at Melanie Everett & Company has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #3: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, no square footage listed, duplex-up
- Sold in December 2002 for $340,500
- Sold in August 2005 for $432,000
- Sold in May 2011 for $377,500
- Sold in November 2015 for $460,000
- Sold in June 2018 for $521,000
- Currently listed at $589,000
- Assessments of $375 a month (includes exterior maintenance, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $9696
- Central Air
- Side-by-side washer/dryer
- Garage parking included (with one tandem exterior spot)
- Bedroom #1: 15×15 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 15×12 (main floor)
- Bedroom #3: 14×11 (main floor)
- Living room: 20×17 (main floor)
- Kitchen: 11×9 (main floor)
- Breakfast room: 7×7 (main floor)
- 3 decks (one on main floor, two on second floor)
With the HVAC & Windows, they might be breaking even. I thought WT was HAWT?
Looks like a nice place. Is Chicago Ave that much of a negative?
“they might be breaking even.”
PP + CPI = $636k.
PP + C-S Condo = $623k.
And it has been improved since them. Hmmm.
Every house has to be maintained. It’s part of the deal.
There is absolutely NOTHING on the market right now. I’m surprised this isn’t under contract already.
I’m having a terrible time operating this site with the limited inventory.
“Every house has to be maintained. It’s part of the deal.”
And?
Every house has to be maintained. New windows, new HVAC, new furnace, new washer/dryer. It’s what everyone has to do.
Words
HVAC & widows failing w/in 3 years should have been noticeable at purchase and reflected in the price paid.
Comparing dropping $2500 on a new W/D with a $15-20k HVAC replacement or $XXk widow replacement is flat out stupid
“HVAC & widows failing w/in 3 years should have been noticeable at purchase and reflected in the price paid.”
Most buyers aren’t thinking, “gosh, this property is 20 years old and in a few more years I may be stuck with replacing some things.”
I wish it were true, but most don’t think into the future. However, I DO know some people who purposely sold 15 year old condos because their subzero was getting older and would eventually have to be replaced for a pretty penny and they didn’t want to be the one to do it. Lol.
“Most buyers aren’t thinking, “gosh, this property is 20 years old and in a few more years I may be stuck with replacing some things.””
Sucks to be them and my sympathy meter is pegged at zero for people like this.
“I DO know some people who purposely sold 15 year old condos because their subzero was getting older and would eventually have to be replaced for a pretty penny and they didn’t want to be the one to do it. Lol.”
You know/hang around with a lot of chuds
Withdrawn on Nov 16th.
Relisted Feb 1, 24, still at $589k; “highest and best offers due by 5pm on Sunday (2/4)”
Contingent Feb 5.
Closed Feb 29 for $656k(!!!).
Wow. I guess timing is everything. Inventory is so low in many neighborhoods. I’ve heard anecdotally from sellers that they are now pissed if they don’t get multiple offers.