You’ll Get a Driveway with this 3-Bedroom Bungalow: 2133 W. 114th Place in Morgan Park
This 3-bedroom bungalow at 2133 W. 114th Place in Morgan Park came on the market in September 2018. (Sorry- no picture as I can’t make it to this neighborhood with this weather.)
It was built in 1967 on an oversized 35×125 Chicago lot.
It has some of those mid-century modern vibes including a flat roof.
There are hardwood floors throughout the first floor along with wood paneled walls in several rooms.
The living room has a beamed ceiling and recessed lights.
The kitchen has dark cabinets, what looks like stone counter tops and “all new” stainless steel appliances.
The one main bathroom on the first floor has been “updated” and now has a double sink.
A spiral staircase leads to a finished basement with a newly remodeled half bath.
The house has central air and a front facing 1-car garage with a driveway (yes- they do exist all over the city).
It’s just a few blocks to the 115th Metra station.
The listing also says its within walking distance to Morgan Park Academy.
Since September, it has been reduced $4,900 to $285,000.
The South Side had some of the hottest neighborhoods in the city in 2018.
Is this a deal?
Donna Bishop at Baird & Warner has the listing. See the pictures here.
2133 W. 114th Place: 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 1510 square feet
- Sold in July 1996 for $150,000
- Sold in January 2001 for $165,000
- Lis pendens foreclosure filed in February 2014
- Originally listed in September 2018 for $289,900
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $285,000
- Central Air
- 1-car garage
- Bedroom #1: 12×14
- Bedroom #2: 10×12
- Bedroom #3: 12×12
- Sunroom: 12×10
- Finished full basement
Now you’re just trolling anon…
Driveways are rare outside of some pretty far-flung areas of the city. The 3 you posted yesterday were Sauganash/Wildwood, this one is Morgan Park, not exactly GZ…
It speaks to me. 🙂
driveways aren’t common but I wouldn’t say they are rare. There are 5 on my block alone, including mine. And God do they come in handy when you have guests or crappy weather.
I’m sorry but can we not call this a bungalow, at least not in Chicago?
https://www.chicagobungalow.org
It’s a ranch as the listing says.
You can get a lot fo your money in Beverly and Morgan Park. Just check out 60643 on Redfin or Realtor.com A lot of this area has driveways as Bev/Morgan Park used to be suburbs so the lots are wider, especially the further east of Western you go.
strange that they would put 2016 tax info on there when the newer assessments are available, only 5700 in taxes probably lol
“Driveways are rare outside of some pretty far-flung areas of the city. The 3 you posted yesterday were Sauganash/Wildwood, this one is Morgan Park, not exactly GZ…”
This is pretty GZ.
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/4218-N-Claremont-Ave-60618/home/13390667
“driveways aren’t common but I wouldn’t say they are rare. There are 5 on my block alone, including mine. And God do they come in handy when you have guests or crappy weather.”
@fo would kill for one, no doubt. He wouldn’t want his neighbors to have them bc of the curb cuts but he surely wants one for himself.
icarus, I know you have a lot of views on etiquette. Do you think a guest can presume to park in your driveway if invited over for eg dinner or should they feel obligated to ask?
“There are 5 on my block alone”
No offense, Icky, but there is zero chance that I would cross shop your hood with condos with $2,000+ per month HOAs. Which is the context where this came up.
Fixing a driveway was a poor example of a homeowner expense, in the context, for the audience of this site. That’s all.
“I’m sorry but can we not call this a bungalow, at least not in Chicago?”
Yeah, for sure. 100% not a bungalow, whether Chicago, California, or otherwise.
Using this place as a guide, here is another Chicago-area “bungalow”:
https://farnsworthhouse.org/
@DZ – I didn’t say nonexistant, I said rare. I know this block as I have friends who live on it. It’s a non-standard block because of the auto place on Western (now partially torn down, which is a whole ‘nother story). No alley between Berteau/Hutchinson so all the houses on Berteau south of it have driveways too as well as Hutchinson and a couple on Claremont.
icarus, I know you have a lot of views on etiquette. Do you think a guest can presume to park in your driveway if invited over for eg dinner or should they feel obligated to ask?
Funny that you mention this because just today my neighbor asked if a repairman could block my driveway. Because he called and asked, I not only said sure, no problem but also suggested he park in my driveway which would make things easier.
Generally speaking, It is always good to ask.
So if I invited you, Sabrina and HD over for dinner, I would expect whichever person arrived first to either take easy street parking or park in my driveway such that the next person isn’t inconvenienced. Don’t block the sidewalk and pull up so someone else can park behind you.
Now let’s say HD is on a walking chair, which I totally assume he is. He will insist that Sabrina park on the street even though she is preggers with triplets because that is how he rolls. Therefore you must park your Hummer on Belle Plaine where the street is wider.
Another cook top without a vent. Sigh.
It is cute in a kookey way. Obviously not a bungalow as others have pointed out…but it is its own thing and has a personality…..Some of the updates are clashing with that personality but I digress.
Seems like an OK deal for those who don’t mind living on a train schedule. I would advise anyone seeking to do further renovations (and hope that whomever completed the ones thus far), take asbestos risk seriously. Anytime I see textured wall finishes of a certain vintage I think there is a high likelihood of asbestos. Wonder what they encountered when they reno’d that bath….
“Funny that you mention this because just today my neighbor asked if a repairman could block my driveway.”
Next question, if someone you didn’t know blocked your driveway wo permission, would you have them towed and after how long?
It’s a non-standard block…No alley between Berteau/Hutchinson so all the houses on Berteau south of it have driveways too as well as Hutchinson and a couple on Claremont.”
Well, that’s why I went to look for a listing there. I remem this from looking at houses. On the whole, having all those driveways didn’t seem great (as someone w a young kid at the time). I’d like a driveway but I don’t want anyone else to have one.
“Next question, if someone you didn’t know blocked your driveway wo permission, would you have them towed and after how long?”
In an urban area (at least as dense as what anon and nonya are discussing, i.e., where most addresses don’t have driveways but some do), maybe an hour or two (under the assumption that it may have been an innocent mistake; obviously a repeat offender should be treated differently). In a more suburban area (where pretty much every address has one), probably 15 minutes tops (and with no small amount of hostility). I live in a (relatively dense/walk-to-schools-and-some-restaurants/stores) suburban area, and a few months ago returned home on a weekend afternoon to find a car not only blocking, but parked all the way in our little driveway. The driver and passenger were just hanging out in the car. I parked in front of our house and as I walked across the lawn with what I imagine was a fairly deranged WTF look on my face, the driver noticed me and realized that she and her pal had pulled up to the wrong house (they were older teenagers/younger college kids; from the looks of things I gathered they were supposed to be picking up another pal, probably on a mission to address a serious case of state-sanctioned munchies).
“Next question, if someone you didn’t know blocked your driveway wo permission, would you have them towed and after how long?”
The problem in the city is that towing takes a long damned time. You have to first call the police and get them to come out, then ask the officer to put in for a tow. That can then take hours, especially when the city contracted tow truck decides not to show up and instead claims that there was no car when they arrived.
Thanks for doing the South Side and a less trendy or typical GZ area. I’m interested in some of the gentrifying (or hot or up and coming areas, whatever you want to call them) too, even if the subject is a ranch.
I have friends (an older couple) who live in Beverly, and went to their place for the first time around 2003 (just after I bought my previous place in Southport), and was amazed at how much house and especially yard you got on a legitimately middle class income (they were both public school teachers) in Chicago. But it also felt like the burbs. I now live in an area in the Lincoln Square community area that in some ways feels like the burbs, but I can walk to LS shopping district (or just go there off the L), I can walk to Andersonville (or if lazy take the Foster bus), and I am about as far west and half as far north as the subject house is south, and can easily take the Brown Line or (when the weather is less awful) bike.
This is such a lame Chicago thing, but when I was looking I looked at some places in Bronzeville and had friends tell me not to consider it, that I’d be looked at as an evil gentrifier. I mostly didn’t choose based on that, but on the fact I knew and wanted to live in the general area I moved into, including the amenities and transportation, but since then I’ve also suggested that people more strapped for cash look at the south side due to better prices and they’ve preferred to rent in Rogers Park or what not vs. the options because they fear that they would be considered a bad addition to the neighborhood. It’s a real issue.
Anyway, obviously not the same in Beverly, except I do wonder if there is more difficulty fitting into the Beverly community if you are a newcomer vs. moving to, say, NC or even Irving Park. (Back to the north side, I know someone who moved to Jeff Park and said he felt like it was impossible to fit in without being Polish.) And I know zero about Morgan Park except that it’s close to Beverly. Also there’s this: https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/11/01/target-leaving-chatham-morgan-park-is-classic-disinvestment-on-south-side-bobby-rush-says/
“Another cook top without a vent. Sigh.”
I know! There are plenty out there. I don’t get it. It would be awful for cooking and your kitchen, in general.
“Fixing a driveway was a poor example of a homeowner expense, in the context, for the audience of this site. That’s all.”
So you know the audience now anon(tfo)? I had a driveway in the middle of Lakeview. I don’t miss that. It took me 2 hours to shovel after big snowfalls if they had drifts. Argh.
Here’s another one and this is the last one I’ll post.
We chattered about this Grace street house several times. It’s just down the street from the Dairy Queen on Southport in Lakeview. None of these houses have an alley behind them. Some have front driveways, and some do not.
This one did.
http://cribchatter.com/?p=11246
“The problem in the city is that towing takes a long damned time. You have to first call the police and get them to come out, then ask the officer to put in for a tow. That can then take hours, especially when the city contracted tow truck decides not to show up and instead claims that there was no car when they arrived.”
Bingo. Someone blocks the driveway in the evening. They might be parked for the night. My driveway is the only one on my side of the street. Possible that someone didn’t see it. But if I need to get out in teh morning, I’ve got to initiate something that evening.
“I know someone who moved to Jeff Park and said he felt like it was impossible to fit in without being Polish.”
You could def feel v at home being polish but aren’t there enough non specific city workers etc? I’m not sure.
Ick? And Ick what’s the best polish grocery in your general neighborhood?
“So you know the audience now anon(tfo)?”
I know the commenting audience, yeah.
It was a bad example of a SFH cost for the properties you feature. And you thought I was being an ass in pointing it out, and reacted far more strenuously than you do to Hof.
Perhaps I was, but that doesn’t change the fact that it was a bad example.
Now I’m looking at the email address of Jon
People have such prosaic and plebeian e-mail addresses. Hummph.
It took me 2 hours to shovel after big snowfalls if they had drifts. Argh.
Your driveway must have been two car lengths wide or something. With a snow blower my driveway is cleared in minutes but even with a shovel, I can do it in less than an hour if I’m ambitious enough. With a garage and access from the alley and the driveway, I don’t have to clear the driveway if I don’t want to.
“Next question, if someone you didn’t know blocked your driveway wo permission, would you have them towed and after how long?”
My neighbor has a landscaping crew that comes every few weeks and those MoFos always block my driveway, even when there is parking on the other side of the street or down the block. The driver definitely could benefit from walking a few extra feet.
The thing is, there is a hydrant nearby and people will avoid parking in front of that because it is an automatic ticket whereas blocking a private driveway is more of a misdemeanor….i have to go through the steps like others have posted here.
I like this house..it has a kooky weird 60s’ charm to it…I just hope whomever gets it doesn’t update it too much.
I know someone who moved to Jeff Park and said he felt like it was impossible to fit in without being Polish.
I know some Poles who are straight up asshats. I don’t speak Polish fluently so they treat me like a non-Pole even though i’m over 50% polish. That said, I’m gonna call bullshit on this one. Poles are generally welcoming and while they might not invite you over for all the high holidays, we will usually treat everyone with respect and will give you some perogis now and again.
Ick? And Ick what’s the best polish grocery in your general neighborhood?
We shop at Aldi and Jewel. That said, I like Montrose Deli for my perogi fix. I usually drop off some dry cleaning next door and then walk in and get something unhealthy to eat (don’t tell Nightingale). Another good one is Andi’s on Milwaukee but the deli is a madhouse and if you don’t speak Polish it will be tough to get information on freshness and costs. I suspect this is what Stephanie’s friend was talking about.
“I like Montrose Deli for my perogi fix.”
That’s where we go sometimes but feel like there should be something better than montrose deli.
“Andi’s on Milwaukee but the deli is a madhouse and if you don’t speak Polish it will be tough to get information on freshness and costs. I suspect this is what Stephanie’s friend was talking about.”
Less convenient for us but I still remember a great fillet of smoked salmon I got from there once. Have never had trouble getting served either place, but then again I’m not expecting anyone to go into the nuances of the 15 different smoked sausages either.
“I know some Poles who are straight up asshats. I don’t speak Polish fluently so they treat me like a non-Pole even though i’m over 50% polish.”
One of my wife’s best friends is full on polish. She’s nice enough but seems to keep some polish secrets (e.g. some underground maker of cheese or sausage) from us.
One of my wife’s best friends is full on polish. She’s nice enough but seems to keep some polish secrets (e.g. some underground maker of cheese or sausage) from us.
I don’t know what to tell you…maybe she feels you are an asshat 🙂
For more Polish stereotypes, a paralegal at my firm and her husband (a cop) are Polish and also live in Jeff Park. She’s also a baker and always brings paczkis before Lent, which is great, as well as cakes to various workplace parties.
Re non Polish people in Jeff Park, I’m not vouching for what my friend said, just reporting. He was married and had small kids too, so in theory should have fit right in. To be fair, he is somewhat bitter about the move overall since they bought there in 2007.
“I’m not vouching for what my friend said, just reporting.”
Well, ick just suggested I might be an asshat, which while not entirely unreasonable, is also not welcoming. (I know he’s not in jeff park and not even really polish, so I don’t need the nit pick.)
“So if I invited you, Sabrina and HD over for dinner, I would expect whichever person arrived first to either take easy street parking or park in my driveway such that the next person isn’t inconvenienced. Don’t block the sidewalk and pull up so someone else can park behind you.
Now let’s say HD is on a walking chair, which I totally assume he is. He will insist that Sabrina park on the street even though she is preggers with triplets because that is how he rolls. Therefore you must park your Hummer on Belle Plaine where the street is wider.”
I don’t even know how to respond to this other than in this scenario, Sabrina better not be pregnant with my triplets! Being an 80 year old in a walker, I’d be way too old for young children again, and furthermore, my wife would be really pist I got someone other than her pregnant, again!