Get a 4-Bedroom Old Town Row House with a Garage for $1.25 million: 358 W. Wisconsin
This corner 4-bedroom row house at 358 W. Wisconsin in Old Town came on the market in September 2022.
Built in 1890, the rowhouse is on a 20×80 lot and has a 2-car garage.
For those old-timers on this site who have a keen eye, we have chattered about this row house before, 11 years ago, in 2011.
In 2011, it was listed as a 2-flat, with the first floor space acting as a 1-bedroom apartment.
See that chatter here.
It has 11 foot ceilings on the second floor and hardwood floors throughout.
There aren’t many vintage features remaining on the interior but it does have 3 working fireplaces including one in the living room, one in the dining room/kitchen and one in the main floor family room/living room.
It has skylights.
The second floor is the main living space with the living room, dining room, kitchen and a half bath.
The kitchen has wood cabinets with stainless steel appliances and an island that is open to the dining room.
It also leads to a grilling deck.
There are 3 bedrooms on the third floor, the washer/dryer and one full bath that is a jack-and-jill bathroom between two of the bedrooms.
The main level has the fourth bedroom, a second full bathroom, a small kitchen with stainless steel appliances and white cabinets and a living/family room. The listing says this level could be a nanny or in-law suite.
The row house also has a large deck on top of the 2-car garage.
There’s no central air, just window units.
This row house is near the Lincoln Park Zoo and the shops and restaurants of Old Town.
In 2011, it was originally listed at $950,000 and was reduced but never sold and was withdrawn from the market.
In 2022, it has come on at $1.25 million.
Will it have more success this time around?
Linda Broznowski and Kimberly Broznowski Powers at @Properties Christie’s have the listing again (it is agent owned). See the pictures and floor plan here.
358 W. Wisconsin: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, no square footage listed, row house
- Sold in August 1994 for $312,000
- Sold in January 1997 for $380,000
- Originally listed in July 2011 for $950,000
- Withdrawn in 2011
- Currently listed at $1.25 million
- Taxes are now $12,835 (they were $10,877 in 2011)
- Window unit cooling
- 2-car garage
- 3 fireplaces
- Bedroom #1: 17×14 (third floor)
- Bedroom #2: 13×11 (third floor)
- Bedroom #3: 7×10 (third floor)
- Bedroom #4: 12×14 (main level)
- Living room: 19×20 (second floor)
- Dining room: 9×14 (second floor)
- Kitchen: 10×14 (second floor)
- Family room: 11×20 (main floor)
- Second kitchen: (isn’t listed) (main floor)
- Deck: 11×18 (second floor)
- Terrace: 21×24 (second floor)
No central air
3rd Br is tiny and has to go thru one of the other Br to access the bath.
Brady bunch bathroom
Updated Ba? I see failure at the tub to tile
Hard pass at $1.25MM. That’s a lot of money for location, a 2 car garage, FP, and pretty good outdoor space.
The 2-bedroom townhouse we just talked about just down the street which also has a garage top deck looks like a deal in the $700,000s.
Far too much for a place that is still a project.
Another in the row just sold:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/354-W-Wisconsin-St-60614/home/13344309
$1.335m, and I’d say it’s easily $300k nicer, even before considering that I wouldn’t trust what was and wasn’t done behind the walls in this place.
“Another in the row just sold:”
And it appears to have some of its original features like crown moldings. You could restore all of that but it will cost you.
I like what the sold unit did with the kitchen. It closed it off, partially, in order to get more cabinets. I know most people want “open” and the big island, but I like the separation of the rooms here.
The fireplace mantles look to be the same in both units. I wonder if those are the originals?
I think the $950k they were (delusionally) asking for in 2011 *could* be ok now with the half-reno, for the right, adventurous, buyer, who needs an in-law suite, but doesn’t have kids (Jack’n’Jill primary bath is a no go at this price point).
With current rates, and the (not much of a) mystery of the mechanicals (it’s easy to assume the wiring and plumbing is 100% old shit), I’d *still* only want to pay about the $750k that everyone was suggesting was the right price in ’11, because I think it still needs $300k+ of work.
354 is easily $300k nicer and move in ready
Weird that they painted the cornice white
Terrible appreciation, even if you discount the improvements
“Weird that they painted the cornice white”
yeah, would be nice if there was some uniformity. another one has some white detail on the black cornice.
It’s hard to strike the balance in rowhouses like this between keeping things neat and uniform-ish and empowering am HOA petit tyran.
As lovely as the exterior is, you’re paying for curb appeal and location, because the interior seems tiny and cramped. Also, not a lot of 19th century charm seems to be left.