Enjoy Your Pool and Cabana This Summer: 6087 N. Kirkwood in Sauganash
This 5-bedroom English Manor single family home at 6087 N. Kirkwood in Sauganash has been on, and off, the market since September 2014.
We last chattered about it two years ago, in August 2018, but we also chattered about it in 2016.
See our 2018 chatter here.
Back in 2018, many of you complained that Sauganash used to be a middle class neighborhood and not one where the homes were listed for over a million dollars as this one was.
But there is currently a house listed for $2.39 million just 2 blocks away from this one.
If you remember, this home is unique for a Chicago property.
Built in 1933, it has many of its vintage features intact including cove moldings, custom millwork, historical lead glass windows, arched doorways and two wood burning stone fireplaces.
Check out the wood floors and boxed ceilings in the library.
It’s on an oversized corner lot measuring 72×124 which allows for a rare 4-car heated/cooled garage.
Because of the large lot, there space for an outdoor heated in-ground swimming pool with an outdoor kitchen, a gazebo/cabana and an outdoor stone fireplace.
After enduring the pandemic this year, and with travel limited, you could vacation at home all summer.
It has a gourmet kitchen with white and dark wood cabinets and a wine refrigerator.
It has the preferred family layout with 4 out of the 5 bedrooms are on the second floor including the master suite. The 5th bedroom is in the lofted third floor and has a full bath.
The house has a fully finished basement with a billiard room, a sauna and a full bath.
In March 2016, it was listed at $1.799 million.
In March 2018, it had been reduced $99,000 to $1.7 million.
Today, in 2020, it has been reduced another $50,000 to $1.65 million.
With COVID exhaustion, will the backyard finally make this sale?
Jeffrey Lowe at Compass now has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
6087 N. Kirkwood: 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 6,000 square feet, 4 car heated garage
- Sold in April 1993 for $575,000
- Sold in November 2005 for $925,000
- Originally listed in March 2016 for $1.799 million
- Reduced
- Was listed in August 2018 at $1.7 million
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $1.65 million
- Taxes were $14,496 in 2016 and also still $14,496 in 2018, but they are now $22,123
- Central Air
- Oversized lot of 75×124
- 2 wood burning fireplaces
- Outdoor heated pool
- Cabana
- Outdoor kitchen
- Sauna
- Bedroom #1: 19×20 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 19×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 15×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 15×11 (second floor)
- Bedroom #5: 15×14 (third floor)
- Living room: 26×16 (main floor)
- Dining room: 15×10 (main floor)
- Kitchen: 15×14 (main floor)
- Library: 13×10 (main floor)
- Exercise room: 14×10 (basement)
- Family room: 15×16 (basement)
- Recreation room: 11×31 (basement)
- Playroom: 26×21 (third floor)
Beautiful home. That being said, why someone would choose this over a similarly priced home in, say, Winnetka is beyond me.
+1
Winnetka property taxes prob run you An add’l $10k/yr, but you get guaranteed access to better schools Vs playing the lottery
If they’re really desperate to sell, the price doesn’t show it. They keep taking it down a tiny bit at a time.
“Winnetka property taxes prob run you An add’l $10k/yr, but you get guaranteed access to better schools Vs playing the lottery”
True re: prop taxes but as you pointed out, better schools, closer to the lake, bigger yard, and you are hopefully somewhat insulated from CTU’s never ending grab for more money via higher city property taxes. I’d also argue that the commute to the Loop from this location is worse via mass transit than Winnetka. Are you going to drive to the Brown line and park? Good luck. Take the bus to the brown line? Or walk or drive 5 minutes to a Winnetka Metra stop and have a 40 minute ride.
“Are you going to drive to the Brown line and park?”
Why on earth?? If taking transit to the loop, either the metra from Forest Park, or Blue Line or Metra from Jeff Park make a lot more sense.
That said, this is definitely a house for someone who wants to be in Winnetka or Hinsdale, but “needs” to be in the city for some reason.
painting the office white was a crime…
Looks pretty cool. If you dont need suburban schools seems like a great place. Think I read that the Mayor is moving to the area so would want to keep an eye on protestors. Otherwise compared to some of the condos priced the same you get so much more space and yard for the $.
Sauganash is right under the flight path for O’Hare. You couldn’t pay me to live here. You can’t use the outside at all.
Lot of house for the $$$. Really want to see those garages. Little too much like an Italian villa on the inside for me. Hoping that was some kind of original intent, not something hatched in a renovation.
“painting the office white was a crime…”
I love painted wood work. All that wood is so dark and dreary.
“That said, this is definitely a house for someone who wants to be in Winnetka or Hinsdale, but “needs” to be in the city for some reason.”
Can’t you say that about this entire neighborhood then? And nearby Edgebrook? And Old Norwood Circle?
Why would ANYONE buy one of these houses?
Must need to be in the city, for “some” reason.
“ “painting the office white was a crime…”
I love painted wood work. All that wood is so dark and dreary.”
Of course you do…
Why have the warmth wood brings when you can have the sterile atmosphere of ceiling white
“Can’t you say that about this entire neighborhood then? And nearby Edgebrook? And Old Norwood Circle?”
Yes. When I was growing up 20 years ago this was a great neighborhood for cops/city workers/middle class. Nice, quaint neighborhoods. These were (are) basically north side suburbs for people who couldnt afford or weren’t allowed (due to their job) to live on the North Shore/Glenview/Northbrook/Deerfield/etc area.
“Can’t you say that about this entire neighborhood then?”
Is the entire neighborhood at prices that get you into Winnetka or Hinsdale?
Since the answer to that is a resounding NO!, then the answer to your question is “What’s with the strawman?”
Now taxed like a home with an AV of $1.2MM (based on an “n=1” extrapolation of my own tax bill) meaning they need to take $500K off the ask if they are serious. Great property but for all the reasons stated above, this only makes sense if someone “has” to be in the City.
“Why have the warmth wood brings when you can have the sterile atmosphere of ceiling white”
They almost always paint it on design shows. Unpainted it is just so dated. And there are people like you JohnnyU who are like, “you can’t paint the woodwork.” Of course you can and it’s fantastic and beautiful.
Get out that paint people! You don’t have to suffer.
It’s 2020 not 1820.
“Is the entire neighborhood at prices that get you into Winnetka or Hinsdale?”
Yes- it is. $800,000 up to $2.5 million. New construction at $2 million.
So who is “choosing” to live there? But wait! Some of these homes are nearly 100 years old. So SOMEONE has been living in them for a hundred years for some unknown reason.
Lol.
“ They almost always paint it on design shows. Unpainted it is just so dated. And there are people like you JohnnyU who are like, “you can’t paint the woodwork.” Of course you can and it’s fantastic and beautiful.
Get out that paint people! You don’t have to suffer.
It’s 2020 not 1820.”
Yes HGTV, that’s where the real design happens
Put the paint away and let the wood shine
You don’t need to be a conformist 24/7, think for yourself for a change
“Yes- it is. $800,000 up”
This is just one block over, so you can’t argue it’s not in the same neighborhood:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/6151-N-Forest-Glen-Ave-60646/home/13516529
And there is exactly two houses in Sauganash that are at $2m+
“Put the paint away and let the wood shine”
To each their own. It’s dark and gross. Blah.
Gotta love the electrical feed and wires from the electrical pole in the alley. It sure seems more interesting than a similar house in Kenilworth. But I’m not bullish on the area, the hordes have taken over West Rogers Park and like termites are marching ever westward. Queen of All Saints might eventually be abandoned and in 50 years it’ll be mosque like Hagia Sophia. You can thank the dumb liberal voters. Lightfoot is sympathizer with the rioters, she’s on the dark side with the destructive and covetous. [Edited]
“But I’m not bullish on the area, the hordes have taken over West Rogers Park and like termites are marching ever westward.”
Once again, HH does not live in Chicago. And notice how he’s always posting at weird times?
Huh. Maybe he and I are BOTH in India. Lol.
Sauganash is nowhere near West Rogers Park.
And literally HH has nothing to add about ANY house on this site.
“Queen of All Saints might eventually be abandoned and in 50 years it’ll be mosque like Hagia Sophia.”
So?
Who cares if it’s a mosque. Is that better or worse than being condos? Or getting torn down? It’s hard to repurpose old religious buildings.
Same God HH. Same God.
By the way, given how old HH is, he’ll be long dead in 50 years so what does he care if it’s a mosque by then?