Fully Renovated Lincoln Park 3-Bedroom Townhouse for $835,000: 1818 N. Dayton
This 3-bedroom townhouse at 1818 N. Dayton in Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2021.
Built in 1981 (although one listing said 1978) it has 41 units around a cobblestone courtyard.
This is an end unit and has a first floor attached one car garage.
The first floor also includes a bonus room that leads to a fenced in outdoor space.
There’s also a powder room on the first floor.
The second floor has the living room, dining room, kitchen and a second powder room.
The living room has a wood burning fireplace with blue lacquered built-ins.
The kitchen has been renovated with white custom cabinets, stone counter tops, stainless steel appliances and a white tile backsplash as well as an island with a gray cabinet base.
The kitchen is open to the dining room.
All three bedrooms are on the second level along with 2 full baths.
The primary suite has a walk-in-closet as well as an en suite bath with a dual vanity.
The listing says the townhouse has a new roof and mechanicals.
The townhouse is located near the shops and restaurants of Armitage and Halsted, as well as North & Clybourn.
Originally listed at $850,000 in March 2021, it has been reduced to $835,000.
Is this living the Lincoln Park dream, without the million dollar price tag?
Alexandra Solak at @Properties has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
You can see it at the Open House on Sunday, April 18 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm.
Unit A: 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 half baths, no square footage listed, townhouse
- Sold in December 1987 for $251,000
- Sold in August 1993 for $246,000
- Sold in December 1997 but I couldn’t find a price
- Sold in April 2002 for $425,000
- Sold in August 2008 for $650,000
- Sold in December 2018 for $500,000
- Originally listed in March 2021 for $850,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $835,000
- Assessments of $393 a month (includes exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $11,536
- Central Air
- 1 car attached garage
- Wood burning fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 14×13 (third floor)
- Bedroom #2: 15×9 (third floor)
- Bedroom #3: 11×9 (third floor)
- Walk-in-closet: 13×4 (third floor)
- Living room: 18×14 (second floor)
- Dining room: 11×10 (second floor)
- Kitchen: 14×9 (second floor)
- Laundry room: 5×8 (second floor)
- Family room/Bonus room: 15×13 (main floor)
How bad was the condition of the place in ’18?
For $500k to not be an absolute steal, it had to have been worse than “unrenovated since construction” right?
If you want a little more outdoor space, this one is also available:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1820-N-Dayton-St-60614/unit-B/home/13350298
Almost $1M to climb up and down stairs constantly and be within spitting distance of the neighbors’ equally ugly townhomes.
No thanks. Lincoln park isn’t THAT great.
“be within spitting distance of the neighbors’ [] townhomes.”
That’s sort of how townhouses–and urban living in general–works.
yeahyeah, it’s about the layout, and that your backyard is next to other backyards on all sides, so all your windows look at other part of the TH group–but that’s a typical layout in Chicago, and the most common alternative is the side wall of a neighboring building–which is different but not objectively better.
“and be within spitting distance of the neighbors”
as anon(ufo) said “That’s sort of how .. urban living in general–works”
confused how that is an issue as everywhere in chicago and inner burbs kind of is. Also unless you have a double wide with wheels or a high rise condo, majority of homes you will be traversing stairs. Don’t really the issue here unless you need ADA compliance and humans scare you?
I know if Jenny was still on here she would also have many qualms about have your laundry room right next to the chitter.
Come on, you cannot call it FULLY renovated if you didn’t solve that glaring issue.
The laundry is not only “in the chitter” – – it is in THE bathroom that all guests would be inclined to use. It is so freaking weird to me . . why isn’t it on the same floor as the bedrooms???
That is not a feature in an $850K unit. I like the updates, but the location of the laundry and the general lack of anything pleasant to look at outside of one’s windows is a turnoff for me.
The only reason the 2008 buyer stayed for a whopping 10 years is because they got stuck….otherwise it appears no one wants to live here for very long, amiright? The 2018 buyer did well, I will give them that.
@anon (tfo) That one is WAAAAAY better than the Subject but WTH is going on? Sold in Feb ’21 and back on the market already?! Also, no one stays in that unit for very long either. Nice location…probably some train noise but you aren’t right up against the train. In normal times you are walking distance to everything. I wonder what is up….
They need to add some sliding doors to hide the laundry. Or at the very least, incorporate some nice built-in cabinetry. The wire shelving with everything on display looks like crap.
“Or at the very least, incorporate some nice built-in cabinetry.”
How about “and”: cabinets for the storage, and slide back door(s) for the laundry. Something like the big cabinet here:
https://www.stylepark.com/en/bulthaup/bulthaup-b3-rotary-sliding-door-cabinet
“The wire shelving with everything on display looks like crap”
I see what you did there. Nice one.
“confused how that is an issue as everywhere in chicago and inner burbs kind of is.”
There are plenty of places in the city where you’re not visibly so close to your neighbor. For instance — the thousands of Lakefront condos — can’t see your neighbors unless you are really trying hard.
In contrast, this place is a fishbowl.
“There are plenty of places in the city where you’re not visibly so close to your neighbor. For instance — the thousands of Lakefront condos — can’t see your neighbors unless you are really trying hard.
In contrast, this place is a fishbowl.”
In this trade off, I’d pick fishbowl. When you can’t see your neighbors it’s because you don’t have windows or light. Get good sheer blinds, linen curtains or panels. Part of city living unless you prefer a cave.
Looks like a storage locker from the outside. I don’t care how it looks inside after seeing the exterior. That ugly row of garage doors says it all.
“For instance — the thousands of Lakefront condos — can’t see your neighbors unless you are really trying hard.”
You may not see them but you sure can hear them.