Dreaming of a Brick Rowhouse? 212 S. Oakley in the West Loop/Medical District
This 2-bedroom brick rowhouse at 212 S. Oakley on the West Side near the Medical District and the United Center has been on the market since July 2010.
In that time, it has been reduced about $10,000.
The listing says the rowhouse has been completely updated with a new kitchen, with stainless steel appliances, and bath.
It has 10 foot ceilings and crown molding.
The rowhouse also has built-ins around the fireplace and Brazilian cherry floors.
Built on a 18×120 lot, it has a private backyard with, I’ve been told, room to put in a parking pad. There is also a large deck.
Both bedrooms and the 9×5 laundry room are on the second floor and there is a finished basement with rec room.
The rowhouse has central air along with new windows and water heater.
Is this a good starter home for someone who doesn’t want condo living?
Megan Bhatia at Om Realty Group has the listing. See the virtual tour here.
212 S. Oakley: 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 1360 square feet
- Sold sometime before 1998
- Lis pendens filed in August 2000
- Bank owned in February 2002
- Sold in June 2002 for $150,000
- Originally listed in July 2010 for $239,900
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $229,000
- Taxes of $4126
- Central Air
- No parking- but I’ve been told a parking pad could be added in the backyard
- Bedroom #1: 13×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 9×14 (second floor)
- Recreation room: 14×9 (basement)
Complimentary Kevlar vests included with sale!
Ooh…I’m so excited to see what you all think about this one!
wow this is cheap
There is good reason for that price. West Loop? LOL.
I am totally in love with the orange door idea. (go ahead and use that line for the bad neighborhood jokes relating the door, i know you will)
Its a darn nice home, would this be a great place for a resident dropping many hours and wants to be close. who is the other market for this?
Well, I suppose it’s at least not DIRECTLY across from Crane High School.
sorry guys threadjack: Villa Taj flooded with 6M gallons of water. Fuckin’ waste… Owner gets a nice insurance check I imagine…
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-villa-taj-0316-20110315,0,999003.story
Racine = West Loop, Ashland = Medical Center, Oakley = Ghetto
“would this be a great place for a resident dropping many hours and wants to be close. who is the other market for this?”
Gang leader
“who is the other market for this?”
Crack connoisseur/enthusiast
Beautiful home. I also love the orange door. But horrible location. If only this were 2 miles north.
This area of the westside has stabilized. Not saying its great, but it is mostly stable with average working people trying to make it better. Crain High School does have occasional outbursts of after school violence but all in all, this neighborhood is getting better, and one of the few census tracts gaining residents on the west side.
“sorry guys threadjack: Villa Taj flooded with 6M gallons of water. Fuckin’ waste… Owner gets a nice insurance check I imagine…”
this is the one time i hope the insurance company wins
This is a very pretty house. Maybe with a few more nice places like this one, the neighborhood will start to improve. Being a single woman, I don’t quite have the pioneering attitude it would take to live in this area.
““sorry guys threadjack: Villa Taj flooded with 6M gallons of water. Fuckin’ waste… Owner gets a nice insurance check I imagine…”
this is the one time i hope the insurance company wins””
Duty to mitigate risk fail, or something similar fail.
“sorry guys threadjack: Villa Taj flooded with 6M gallons of water. Fuckin’ waste… Owner gets a nice insurance check I imagine…”
F’in hilarious is what it is. Dude has a $25MM asset and can’t be bothered to keep one maintenance worker/security guard on site at all times to protect it?
If there were a dictionary of illustrated proverbs out there you’d see a mugshot of the owner under: “Penny wise & pound foolish”. LMAO.
yeah its just a screaming “coincidence”
What does it take to find a Cato Kailen to occupy the mansion and perform a daily walkdown to insure that nothing is on fire or under water?
“yeah its just a screaming “coincidence””
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, Sonies.
I’m just hoping that they’ll have a garage sale to sell off some of that marble when they have to gut the place down to the studs. I could use a new bathroom floor.
Hey, if he could forget to pay his gas bill, he could certainly host a sale in the 20-car garage.
I immediately had the same thought about insurance. But this was no longer a $25 MM property . . . it clearly wasn’t even a $13 MM property given that they haven’t been able to successfully sell it at that price.
Separate from (but related to) the insurance fraud question, my question is whether–if the damage is that expensive–is it worth rebuilding? I assume the repairs wouldn’t come close to the building’s current “value”, so let’s say the damage is $5 MM (it can’t be higher than that, can it?? if only serious internal damage). Wouldn’t the insurance company only issue the check to a contractor upon completion of the work, unless it’s a total write-off? So how does the guy benefit?
“sorry guys threadjack: Villa Taj flooded with 6M gallons of water. Fuckin’ waste… Owner gets a nice insurance check I imagine…”
this place is cheap, but for anyone truly concerned about this property (not some busted pipe in burr ridge, its burr ridge who gives a flying f)
from the pictures i say a get a good home inspector to check the brickwork, better to be safe than sorry.
“Are you implying that he or someone would subpeona Sabrina for the real identities of those who claim it might not have been an accident?”
Not “claim it might not be an accident”; assert that “he *must* have done it intentionally, there’s NO WAY it was an accident”.
And subpoenas have been granted for little more, tho somewhat rarely.
“Wouldn’t the insurance company only issue the check to a contractor upon completion of the work, unless it’s a total write-off? So how does the guy benefit?”
Through the check going to the lender, who might decide to take the cash and allow a short sale of the moldering hulk.
Before all the speculation, you need to know if there is a loan/mortgage on the property (villa Taj). JAH is absolutely right – the laws/rules have changed. Lenders will no longer let the insurance company pay the owner anything over 5k – they have this long drawn out process that is so ridiculous that it is worse than filing taxes, buying a home. I went through that last year and, although the insurance company issued a check within 1 week of the storm, Wells Fargo still has yet to forward me all of the proceeds. it is ridiculous.
A friend of mine used to be a project manager for a builder back during the bubble. She ran some project near here. A problem she told me about, ho’s turning tricks in the port-a-potties on the site.
Commenters are correct. This is definitely not in the West Loop (or in the “Medical District”).
Best description would be Rockwell Gardens. Since the projects have come down, the neighborhood has certainly changed (a phrase that could be repeated for many a hood in the Daley era). And it was part of the city’s stalled “T” plan (lakefront and west from downtown).
It can still be dicey around here, for sure. Not too much violence after school lets out right AT Crane, cuz CPD polices it hard now (street shut off). But you’d have other issues.
You’re close to Moon’s and Felony Franks, at least!
Most of the Rockwell Gardens residents moved into the St. Stephens Apartments, which has the only Traveling Vice Lord presence east of Western in this area. The rest of this area is solidly Black Disciple, as it’s been for quite a while.
Going back to the neighborhood safety thing in West Loop/Rockwell Gardens, whatever you want to call it- I think the reputation is much worse that reality. I’ve lived in this area for about 5 years. It’s got a bad rap- but I’ve not seen ANY issues. Sometimes, roaming teenage kids are being loud outside, but when asked to be quiet or move- they do,respectfully, believe it or not). If you look at the Crime stats, it’s lower than most other “nice” neighborhoods. Yes, there’s alot of low income, but folks are actually pretty cool. I like the area, except for the fact that I can’t walk to a grocery store, or have to drive for a meal other than dogs (which are great, by the way!)
But, Felony Franks #1 is right around the corner.
Sorry people, but there is no way you can call this West Loop/Medical Center
“The rest of this area is solidly Black Disciple, as it’s been for quite a while.”
From Wikipedia:
“The Black Disciples (often abbreviated as BDN or BDN III) is a large African American street gang based in Chicago, Illinois. The gang is considered extremely violent and is known to engage in drug trafficking and distribution, in addition to other criminal activities.”
Other than that, a nice little neighborhood…
It’s actually called Near West or West Town. It is not that bad. Really. The house is done well and is at a fantastic price.
“Sorry people, but there is no way you can call this West Loop/Medical Center”
Other than the possibility you could spend a lot of time at the Medical Cental being treated for gunshot wounds.