“Exquisite Rehab” of 4-Bedroom Townhouse in East Lakeview: 3631 N. Pine Grove
This 4-bedroom townhouse at 3631 N. Pine Grove in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2022.
Built in 1978, this complex is all brick and gated. It has 6 units and onsite parking.
It has had an “exquisite rehab” of the floors, lighting, baths and kitchen.
The main floor has the kitchen, living room and dining room.
The kitchen looks to have gray cabinets, stainless steel appliances and a tile backsplash.
The listing says there is matte black hardware throughout.
3 of the 4 bedrooms are on the second floor including the primary suite which has a walk-in-closet and an en suite bath.
The townhouse has the original wood burning fireplaces in both the living room and lower level family room.
The fourth bedroom and laundry room are also in the lower level.
There are skylights, including in some of the bedrooms.
It has central air and parking is available.
This townhouse is near the shops and restaurants on Broadway and Addison, close to Wrigley Field and Belmont Harbor and multiple means of public transportation.
Listed in June 2022 at $825,000, it has been reduced $27,000 to $798,000.
This appears to the be the first sale of this townhouse in 30 years.
Is this a rare opportunity to get a renovated 4 bedroom townhouse under $800,000 in popular East Lakeview?
Kristin Bird and Alfredo Medina at Kale Realty have the listing. See the pictures here (sorry, no floor plan).
Unit #C: 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 2700 square feet, townhouse
- Sold in May 1986 for $200,000 (per Redfin)
- Sold in July 1988 for $215,000
- Sold in October 1992 for $235,500
- Originally listed in June 2022 for $825,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $798,000
- Assessments of $308 a month (includes exterior maintenance, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $11,882
- Central Air
- Parking available
- Gated community
- 2 wood burning fireplaces
- Bedroom #1: 17×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 14×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 12×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 14×12 (lower level)
- Living room: 17×13 (main floor)
- Dining room: 16×13 (main floor)
- Family room: 19×11 (lower level)
- Kitchen: 14×11 (main floor)
- Laundry: 12×11 (lower level)
The skylights are pretty creepy with the midrise next door.
Is parking included or available?
Would like to know if the grating on the patio is an exhaust/intake – fan noise could limit the usability of the patio
Other than that, looks like a new renovation, think it’s going need another cut to sell
Unit E was ‘rare’ two years ago:
http://cribchatter.com/?p=26864
And D featured 5 years ago:
http://cribchatter.com/?p=24545
Should have included–
E sold in Jul-20 for $665k
D sold in Jan-18 for $730k
The other three have no recent sales of any sort.
“if the grating on the patio is an exhaust/intake”
Relying on the decent assumption that these are all built basically the same, look at #22 here:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/3631-N-Pine-Grove-Ave-60613/unit-D/home/13376927
light well (and presumably fireman access) for the lower level.
I fail to see how “self managed” is a selling point. It sounds more like a nightmare to me.
I also agree about the skylights being creepy.
Normally, I like townhouses, but get a manager, FFS. Spending nearly $800,000 and then having to deal so personally with neighbors would be awful. Who has time/energy to fight over paint colors, deck stain colors, whether the roof gets fix, how frequently the landscapers visit, etc, etc.
Listing claims 2 parking spaces–looking at the aerials through the years, there appear to be 7 striped spaces, and some of them could be used at least short term as tandem spots. How can they claim 2 parking spots?
“the midrise next door”
20 stories! High rise, no?
“I also agree about the skylights being creepy.”
why? there’s shades on them…just close them at night or when needing privacy. this is city living. my neighbors windows are 4 feet away from my house. I close the shades when needed.
“why? there’s shades on them…just close them at night or when needing privacy. this is city living. my neighbors windows are 4 feet away from my house. I close the shades when needed.”
these scenarios arent the same
“Transient neighborhood. It’s where newcomers flock to, “to be near the Lake”.”
They could use another decent hotel in this hood. For concerts/games (I’m coming in for a Cubs game/client event and the only room left at the Zachary that night is over $600), and for non-Chicago burb parents visiting their newcomer kids who live in the area. When we lived in LP, mine would stay at the Belden-Stratford (when it was still a hotel), then down at the Ambassador (or whatever it is now), and maybe once at the Lincoln. That’s a decent number of hotels to serve that zone, especially considering that it’s just another handful of blocks south before hitting tons of hotels. LV and the nice hoods north of it would seem to support at least one more hotel.
“They could use another decent hotel in this hood”
One is coming somewhat soon, next to the Optima rental building that replaced the Treasure Island:
https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/zba-approves-variances-3440-n-broadway
“Normally, I like townhouses, but get a manager, FFS.”
Do most townhouse developments have managers? I’ve never lived in one, so I am genuinely curious.
I have a friend who lives in one with like 20 townhouses on the north side and they don’t have one. The association board decides when the decks have to be replaced and who is handling the landscaping.
“Transient neighborhood. It’s where newcomers flock to, “to be near the Lake”.”
It’s ironic that someone would call this a “transient” neighborhood when the owner of this property has owned it for 30 years and the complex has 100% owner occupancy.
Lol.
This one suffers from serious lack of character inside and out. I remember when they built this complex. Didn’t like it even then.
I grew up in the neighborhood and while some people are transient (especially young people who live here for a few years before having families), lots of people stay for decades.