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After 5 Years, Has This “Boarded Up” 5-Bedroom House Finally Found a Buyer? 2030 W. Leland in Lincoln Square

This 5-bedroom new construction home at 2030 W. Leland in Lincoln Square was first listed for sale in April 2007.

It was on the market, and under contract at least once, until 2010 when it vanished without ever selling.

I took the picture in this post in August 2010 before it was boarded up. I just happened to be walking by one day and noticed a lockbox on the house, newspapers piling up on the front stoop, bushes that hadn’t been trimmed- all which led to my CribChatter senses tingling.  “Something” was going on with the property.

The house just came back on the market in the last few days as a short sale.

The listing says it’s sold “as is” and is “unfinished and boarded up.”

The boarded up windows didn’t stop someone from being interested, apparently, as it is already under contract.

The house was built on an oversized 37.5×120 lot and has a 2-car garage.

4 of the 5 bedrooms are on the second floor.

First listed for $1.789 million in 2007, it had been as low as $1.359 million before being withdrawn from the market in 2010.

What will this ultimately sell for?

Is someone buying for the land?

Kirby Pearson at Pearson Realty has the listing. See the listing here (no interior pictures).

2030 W. Leland: 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 3500 square feet, 2 car garage

  • Sold in October 2005 for $590,000 (prior house)
  • Originally priced in April 2007 for $1.789 million
  • Reduced
  • Was listed “as-is” with a “motivated seller” in May 2009 for $1.399 million
  • Reduced in 2010 to $1.359 million
  • Withdrawn
  • Lis pendens foreclosure filed in May 2010
  • Currently re-listed as a “short sale” and “unfinished and boarded up” for $1.49 million
  • Under contract
  • Taxes of $7028
  • “Classically constructed”

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10 Responses to “After 5 Years, Has This “Boarded Up” 5-Bedroom House Finally Found a Buyer? 2030 W. Leland in Lincoln Square”

  1. yuck. so tasteless.

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  2. I think it looks pretty nice. I wonder what’s left to do and/or the extent of any damage/defects.

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  3. I like the look. Given the lack of architectural diversity in brick SFHs built during this era in Chicago, I would not call this tasteless. It might not appeal to your taste, Andy, but at least it has some unique characteristics to it.

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  4. Some pix of an interior the builder did, whether actually this place or another:

    http://www.urbanrealestate.com/property/2030-W-Leland-CHICAGO-IL-60625-RYMP7L7JI32GA.html

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  5. The round turrent makes it less cookie-cutter.

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  6. formerroscoevillager on March 19th, 2012 at 12:39 pm

    What I would not give to find a “Quite” neighborhood in this city….

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  7. agreed. really ugly

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  8. gringozecarioca on March 19th, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    “Some pix of an interior the builder did, whether actually this place or another:
    http://www.urbanrealestate.com/property/2030-W-Leland-CHICAGO-IL-60625-RYMP7L7JI32GA.html”

    Now with that kitchen I agree. You can’t even fully open up or pull out your fridge shelves without scratching your oven door. This ain’t an insulation argument. That’s not good.

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  9. its ok, I prefer it to the look of some of the bank style mcmansions… at least its a bit different and all brick not just brick faced

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  10. On this day in 1957, with a $1,000 cash deposit against a sale price of $102,500, rock sensation Elvis Presley purchases a southern Colonial mansion on a 13.8-acre wooded estate. It’s name: Graceland.

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