An East Lakeview Vintage 3-Bedroom with Parking for $424,950: 653 W. Buckingham
This vintage 3-bedroom at 653 W. Buckingham in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2024.
Built in 1916, 653 W. Buckingham has 6 units and outdoor assigned parking. The building has a backyard and storage lockers in the lower level.
This unit has many of its vintage features including wood crown molding and doors, and beams on the ceiling of the separate dining room.
The dining room also has a wood built-in buffet.
It also has hardwood floors throughout.
The living room has a gas fireplace.
The kitchen has wood cabinets, a tile backsplash, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. There is also an in-unit washer/dryer in the kitchen.
There’s only one bathroom.
The unit has no central air but does have window cooling units.
It has one assigned outdoor parking space and a storage locker in the lower level.
The unit has 2 outdoor spaces including a north facing forward balcony and a south facing private deck.
The listing says this building is in the Nettlehorst school district. It also is located near the “best dining, shopping and entertainment Lakeview East offers.”
Listed at $424,950, is the 3/1 vintage unit still a popular starter condo option?
Martin Kalachev and Benjama Sansak at @properties Christie’s have the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #2W: 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, no square footage included
- Sold in January 2005 for $356,000
- Sold in March 2008 for $380,000
- Sold in July 2020 for $390,000
- Currently listed at $424,950
- Assessments of $376 a month (includes exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $7610
- No central air. Window units only.
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Assigned parking spot
- Gas fireplace
- Storage locker in the lower level
- Bedroom #1: 13×11
- Bedroom #2: 13×11
- Bedroom #3: 12×9
- Living room: 17×12
- Dining room: 16×11
- Kitchen: 13×12
- Balcony: 11×9 (front)
- Deck: 16×7 (back)
“The unit has no central air but does have window cooling units”
Sophisticated or nah?
There’s a floor plan in the previous sales pics
3/1, Window air conditioners (No AC in the kitchen), W/D in the kitchen, and small Br’s.
Hyping the school district seems odd as it looks like folks leave after popping out a kid or 2
This will sell, but south of asking
Those window A/C units are certainly an eyesore, and likely don’t cool the space as well as well as central. Seems like the place would show better in the fall or spring with some of the units removed.
“(No AC in the kitchen)”
there’s a unit above the door in the kitchen
Two things of note:
(1) Its a shame they had to remove the cabinet doors for the washer and dryer when they changed out those appliances. The kitchen looked much better with them hidden.
(2) Because the assessments include heat (according to the listing), they seem rather low to me. Heating an old building can be expensive in Chicago winters.
there’s a unit above the door in the kitchen
Missed it, thanks for pointing it out
Why do we not see more of these modern AC units that have a streamlined look and don’t block half of the window. It’d make such a difference in some of these properties.
https://www.amazon.com/R-W-FLAME-Conditioners-U-Shaped-Conditioner-Energy-saving/dp/B0CWTQSTVF/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3JYE0ZQCDN0AT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NLUS73sxWdPiD6nBfjq-GsIMDxIf4M3Meovw9msIUgp6Av9KKEYMHMoL5suAzZbgpq29u0BOCx0cRCKlhBSyO4iR9iNapMxTx65cDumhhKkv8Lf5G5l7T3y-JOymXbfz4NprgbdXQql0wkBVHW8EDJxrJ1-Ksp2jaFwIbTd_YYlnL6EP7Em0B_fKVv2a-LItKnwZYTaYDB4V7IOBNzJksxeUD5TaMSAiXUEnQpQddA0.VLsGvgk2ScEPACAGel2Bj7FEp-5jPaVKGBSdpbLq-wo&dib_tag=se&keywords=modern%2Bwindow%2Bac%2Bunits&qid=1719262927&sprefix=Modern%2BAC%2Bunits%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-6&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.1740e8b9-be2d-46a4-a376-9d8efb903409&th=1
That drop down AC unit (I think they tried a similar style in the 50’s when there were dozens of American manufacturers) probably won’t work in a masonry – as in actual masonry, not veneer – building which often have walls 12″ plus in thickness.
I’ve seen a nice Italian wall mounted unit which uses two dryer vent sized openings for air – don’t know how well they work, but they do look nice.
Also $83,500 in Aug-80 (recorder says half that–no one remembers the older transfer tax rate).
2005 sale was peak in real dollars, and the current ask is over $150k behind ($586k).