“Featured in CS Interiors” at 4329 N. Wolcott in North Center
This 5-bedroom custom built newer construction home at 4329 N. Wolcott in North Center has been on and off the market since February of 2009.
The listing says the home was “featured in CS Interiors”.
Built on a larger than standard Chicago lot of 30×154, it has a deck with a built in Viking grill.
4 out of the 5 bedrooms are all on the same level.
The kitchen has luxury appliances such as Subzero and Miele and a built-in espresso bar.
It also has 2 laundry rooms.
The 3-bedroom house next door is also available for sale. It is the original structure (not a tear down) and is priced at $574,900.
With all the million dollar listings available on the north side, how long will it take to sell a custom property such as this one?
Nina Goldsmith at @Properties has the listing. See the pictures here.
4329 N. Wolcott: 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, 4300 square feet, 2.5 car garage
- Sold in December 2006 for $602,500
- Originally listed in February 2009
- Was listed in January 2010 for $1.395 million
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $1.299 million
- Taxes of $8702
- Central Air
- 4 Bedrooms on the second level
- Bedroom #1: 19×12
- Bedroom #2: 12×11
- Bedroom #3: 14×12
- Bedroom #4: 12×11
Love it. Very well done and nice looking features beyond the norm. Hmmm, maybe $1.2 gets it done?
The inside is absolutely gorgeous but doesn’t seem to match the exterior or general character of the neighborhood. If you could put this interior in a sleek downtown place, that would be perfect but this interior in this type of family neighborhood (that far away from the city) seems odd and, in my opinion probably limits potential customers moreso than the price!!!
Love it but not surprised it fell short of being featured in “CS Exteriors”…
Not impressed at all with that interior and not sure how we get to double the price since — of all years — 2006.
it is a very, very taste-specific place that is only going to appeal to a small submarket of the $1M + buyers. this is going to sit on the market for awhile.
“but this interior in this type of family neighborhood (that far away from the city) seems odd”
Since when is 4300 north on Wolcott not in the city?
Does not reflect the neighborhood but that area is in tear down transition perhaps. It will look dated soon- sell quickly at 999,999.00
Backs up to the train tracks – the Brown line. Will be a big issue for the 1M+ market.
Ugh, backing up onto the L? I work near there, and the train is LOUD on that stretch. Plus the Metra another 1/2 block away.
The decor is nice, but nothing exceptional. Most of the tile, wallpaper, and draperies are highly taste specific. Zero curb appeal and located in a strange area with high noise pollution just south of Montrose that’s not Lincoln Square, not North Center, and not quite Ravenswood Manor. Based on the photos, it also appears the layout is somewhat awkward with narrow rooms. I know several other people who have purchased comparable homes with more curb appeal in the heart of North Center and Lincoln Square during the past 12 months at prices between $1.05 – $1.2 Million.
This will sell between $950,000 – $1,050,000.
I thought this looked familiar. This house is featured on a fabric store’s website: http://www.workroominc.com/portfolio.html.
I don’t where the info is coming from, but this building is “newer interior remodel, but the shell of the building is a rather pedestrian and very common 1920’s Chicago two-flat – it was extensively remodeled into a rather large single family.
Yes, much of the interior finishes are very taste specific, which is fine if you’re living there awhile or have enough cash to not care about resale.
I love what they did with the interior, but agree that it doesnt really match with the exterior. While a lot of the interior decorating would make me want to move in, I wouldn’t necissarily pay a high premium for “design” aka wall paper and furniture.
I think the interior and back elevation are exceptionally nice. A lot of what is ‘specific’ is literally wallpaper and drapery-which is easy to change.
Here are the architectural interior pics:
http://www.fcstudioinc.com/projectdetail.asp?typ=resid&id=22
-note the ‘L’ going by in pic #20.
I’d just echo the comments about the L. I looked at some houses on this block a couple of years back. The block is really nice–spacious, mostly great looking houses. Stand in the yard of the houses on the east side of the street though when the L goes by and it hurts your ears…particularly in the winter. West side is fine though.
Aside from that, everything seemed overpriced for the school district, which is OK, not great. I didn’t get why everything was so expensive given the location. The tyranny of comparables? Some seller strikes lucky and then every seller thinks their house under the train tracks is worth $1m+?
“Since when is 4300 north on Wolcott not in the city?”
There’s a pretty sizeable subset of our landed gentry that don’t even believe that North of North Ave either: A) exists or B) is actually Chicago
I disagree with the specific taste comments and that this will sit on the market for a long time. I see the “L” as the biggest flaw with this property, not the decor.
I’m with Steve on this one. Take away the furnishings and the fabric…even tear out the wallpaper and what you have left is a high quality (though not top shelf) renovation that would appeal to a good percentage of buyers in that price bracket.
I, in a somewhat weird way, prefer this type of renovation. That being the exterior is in total contrast to the interior. At this level, the occupants would probably have some pretty high dollar furnishings and accessories but the would be burgular would probably pass right on by.
Other than the proximity of the L, I don’t see any other major deal breakers.
Further note:
To all sellers, declutter and neutralize the interior fabrics to showcase the interior highlights. Nothing is more distracting that having 4 or 5 different prints going on in one room. 2.5 garage space? Utilize some of it to stash the extra furnishings to match the style of home you have. This could go for a contemporary/minimalist look, but with all those accessories and unneeded furniture, you are distracted.
Agents:
PROOFREAD your listings two or three times before hitting that enter button. For a home over a million, the text should be well thought out and with ZERO typos. This is not at all acceptable considering the sizable commission you stand to earn from this sale. MORE EFFORT on your part…and that goes to ALL CHICAGO REALTORS!!!!!!!!!!!And yes, another request for floorplans that seem to be falling on deaf ears! GET WITH IT!!!
I agree with westloopelo on the typos. I can’t believe the crap agents put in the listing. I would strangle my agent if I was selling a house and they couldn’t list it properly. Perhaps the sellers just don’t care or check.
westloopelo – Awesome rant! I agree with everything you said.
When I was working in a medium sized RE office, the realtors were not entering the listings into the MLS, there was a secretary who was doing it. And, she wasn’t the best typist. So, you get a realtor who can’t spell or write, and a secretary who can’t spot a typo or error, and maybe even a seller who just isn’t that sharp, and there you go!
“There’s a pretty sizeable subset of our landed gentry that don’t even believe that North of North Ave either: A) exists or B) is actually Chicago”
So I take it that 61st and Central is out of the question. Reckon I won’t find such jaspers at the Karolinka Club.
Thank you all for the helpful comments, but am sorry to hear so much negativity about this house other than the price. The house was architecturally designed for my seller. Iside the house you can barely hear the train. The windows are such that noise is very minimal. We all know that the bones of a house are more important than the wallpaper, drapes and furniture which doesn’t stay.
FYI: When adding comments about any real estate property in the MLS there is only so much room for text. If the spelling and grammer seem wrong, please consider the property is described only in the space allowed.
“FYI: When adding comments about any real estate property in the MLS there is only so much room for text. If the spelling and grammer seem wrong, please consider the property is described only in the space allowed.”
Spelling “TERIFFIC” correctly uses the same number of characters. Same with THUROUT v. thruout, which, while still not a real word, at least tracks correctly when reading. (But the irony of that at the end of a sentence (fragment) “AMAZING ATTENTION TO THE FINEST DETAILS”).
Have your assistant type it in outlook or whatever with a spellchecker and then paste it into the field after *thinking* about the squiggle-lined words/abbreviations.
“(But the irony of that at the end of a sentence (fragment) “AMAZING ATTENTION TO THE FINEST DETAILS”).”
anon (ufo) you have been missed brother 🙂
“anon (ufo) you have been missed brother ”
Always nice when someone notices.
Also wanted to agree with Dahlia on this:
“I think the interior and back elevation are exceptionally nice.”
esp. w/r/t the back elevation. One of the best one’s I’ve seen appended to an existing Chicago brick structure.
“Not impressed at all with that interior and not sure how we get to double the price since — of all years — 2006.”
All of the work was done post-06 purchase is how. It was a 2-flat at the time of the 06 purchase, so that $602 was land value plus a couple bucks for the retained portion of the structure. The land is worth ~$200k less now (based on actual 2010 sales nearby v. actual 2006 sales nearby, on a % basis). Seems plausible that the January price represented only recovery of actual construction + acquisition costs, or perhaps that is the current number. In either case, likely still above cost of replication.
“If the spelling and grammer seem wrong”….
yeah, it’s gotta be the MLS’ fault! 😉
Focus on what is important. At this point in the real estate market if the spelling of a word/typo is what’s stopping a sale we all would be in better shape. Try fixing the state of the industry and stop blowing hot air about something so insignificant
Now at $1.239mm. Still has the same typos in the listing.
Now at $1.199mm. Still has the same typos in the listing.
Also, what’s the MLS character limit? Counting spaces, that listing contains 416 characters. Not counting spaces it’s 346. Spelling out everything (except &) takes it to 382/454–which leads to this question:
Is the character limit the real reason for being sloppy and stupid, or just an excuse?
Under contract
listed at $1,199,000
It’s funny how this house sold for $1,090.00 after being on the market for $1.7, $1.2 for the last year. I have to agree with 90% of the comments. This house interior does not fit the exterior and could of sold along time ago if the owner would of listened to the professionals. No one mentioned the how the beautiful stained siding has aged prematurely on the house and garage and needs staining after one year. A lot in this house is fluff hiding the lack of quality workmanship for this price range. The new owner is already having problems before even moving in. What do I know about the house and neighborhood? I live next door.