Are You Sold on the Renovation? A 2-Bedroom at 2045 W. Concord in Bucktown
This 2-bedroom at 2045 W. Concord in Bucktown just came on the market.
It’s a top floor unit with north and west views and 10 foot ceilings. Yes, that’s the El running right next to the building.
The listing says it has been “updated from top to bottom.”
It now has new hand scrapped grey oak floors (there’s those light wood floors again. Bye-bye walnut and espresso).
The kitchen has new white Italian cabinets with new quartz counter tops and a Thassos marble back splash. There’s also a new wine cooler.
The master bathroom has been upgraded with quartz counter tops.
It has central air, washer/dryer in the unit and heated garage parking is included.
This unit actually sold just 17 months ago for $322,000. It was being rented. You can see those pictures here.
It has come back on after the renovation listed for $399,000.
Buyers want “new.” Will they pay the premium?
D. Waveland Kendt at @Properties has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #601: 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, no square footage listed
- Sold in July 2002 for $233,000 (included the parking)
- Sold in January 2006 for $347,500 (included the parking)
- Sold in July 2008 for $332,000 (included the parking)
- Sold in June 2014 for $322,000 (included the parking)
- Currently listed for $399,000 (includes the parking)
- Assessments of $327 a month (includes water, parking, exterior maintenance, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $3931
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- Bedroom #1: 16×12
- Bedroom #2: 11×9
400K and on the train and not even two full baths? I guess the Wingstop view is worth the premium though?! Those floors do nothing for me, give me cherry or walnut any day.
It’s got great proximity to quality doughnut shops. I’ll give it that.
Those white cabinets might be i-talian, but they sure as heck look exactly like the white particleboard melamine cabinets in my office kitchen. I mean like, exactly the same. The only difference might be the veneer on my office cabinets vs. the veener on those cabinets. But they’re 95% particle board either way. It’s difficult to make flat solid wood cabinet because they warp over time, so the MDF stays straigter. I know mdf and particle board ain’t the same but I don’t care, it’s all sawdust
Why not just build out second bathroom slightly larger to accommodate a full 2nd bath? Sorry Jenny, our search must go on!
I am thinking of redoing my bathroom shower the same way as the bathroom in the new listing photos. Anyone know how much $ that would run?
“redoing my bathroom shower the same way”
You have an existing tub/shower, and you want to tear that out, and refinish as in the pic, with the only plumbing work being redoing the supply line, moving the drain, and replacing the mixer?
The door will run you about $2k, the tile is about 120 sf x (whatever you pick–so $1k to OMG), call that $2.5k, a day of a plumber $1k, pour a shower base, $500, tile work $3k, drywall/durarock $1k, misc 15% = $12k as a baseline. Maybe you find someone who will do something on the cheap, or you pick cheaper materials, or you go bananas on the tile, but with a frameless door, and average stone tile, I think your minimum is $10k and over $15k (barring funky stuff in your walls) someone is gouging you.
Looks a lot better and the floors aren’t super white, more of a greyish stain on em. Everything definitely upgraded from 2003 or whenever this was built and not priced too ridiculously IMO even though right on the train tracks
Not bad… I agree with sonies.
There must be a bathroom for each bedroom.
The train is SO LOUD here it’s not a nuisance, it’s noise pollution. The elevated metal track vibrates so you feel the sound.
I was just in that Verizon store. Lol, that’s my go-to one. I never noticed that there were condos above it. Sid V, I asked the Verizon worker about the Wing Stop, he said it “ok”. Directly across the street, under construction right now are 36 apartments in a 4 story in-fill building. Ground up.
Closed at $385k.