Get a Rare 4-Bedroom Townhouse in North Center for Under $800K: 1909 W. Grace
This 4-bedroom townhouse at 1909 W. Grace in North Center recently came on the market.
At 2400 square feet, it’s an end unit with no neighbors to the west.
That means it has 3 walls of windows whereas most townhouses have only two.
The first floor has a bedroom and the listing says, the living room, along with a fireplace and a full bath.
The second floor has the family room, and a second fireplace, along with a dining room and the kitchen.
The kitchen has maple cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
The third level has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, including a master suite whose bathroom has dual vanities.
The fourth level has the fourth bedroom, but it overlooks the master bedroom below.
There are 3 outdoor spaces including a large roof deck.
The listing says there was a new roof in 2017. There’s also dual zone HVAC.
The townhouse has central air and oak hardwood floors throughout.
There’s also 1-car garage parking.
This is a fee simple townhouse. There are no assessments.
The townhouse is in the coveted Bell school district and there’s a popular Trader Joe’s nearly across the street, on Lincoln.
Priced at $760,000, is this a deal for the location?
Paul Barker at Baird & Warner has the listing. See the pictures and the floor plan here.
Unit #1909: 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2400 square feet
- I can’t find it’s last sales as the CCRD was down over the weekend (again).
- Was listed in October and November of 2017
- Re-listed in April 2018 for $760,000
- No assessments- fee simple
- Taxes of $11,945
- Central Air
- 1-car garage
- Bedroom #1: 18×13 (third floor)
- Bedroom #2: 14×14 (main floor)
- Bedroom #3: 15×10 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 12×10 (fourth floor)
- Living room: 19×19 (main floor)
- Family room: 19×12 (second floor)
This isn’t a 4Br.
Nice sink layout in the Master
Says contingent, PT Barnum was correct
THIS PLACE CAN SUCK MY BALLZ LOLZ!!!!!!
CHOO CHOO TRAIN MAKES NOIZE!!!
GO CUBBIES!!!!
vertical living! I hate this style of townhome, I can’t imagine trying to raise a family in something like this… brutal!
So I have a question, how much value is added to a home when the school goes from total garbage to above average… near me they decided to go ahead with the Ogden/Jenner merger which is obviously good for my property values, so what exactly is that worth? As a DINK I have no clue and was just thinking about this the other day as property values haven’t seem to rise in my neighborhood that much (probably other reasons for that)
So far northwest…I don’t understand why people want to live in such an inconvenient area at this price point. It’s such a long haul to either Lake Shore Drive or the expressway.
“It’s such a long haul to … Lake Shore Drive”
It’s probably exactly the same as your trip down Roosevelt. So it’s really a question of where one is going and how often.
“So I have a question, how much value is added to a home when the school goes from total garbage to above average”
Have to see if it’s still *perceived* as above average after a year or so. Lot of strong opinions out there that the merger is a bad thing.
“This isn’t a 4Br.”
For sure not a 4 bedroom.
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Have to see if it’s still *perceived* as above average after a year or so. Lot of strong opinions out there that the merger is a bad thing.”
well everyone’s got their opinion, most of them are pretty stupid, I’m sure it will be fine in time
“It’s probably exactly the same as your trip down Roosevelt. So it’s really a question of where one is going and how often.”
Yeah, but I’m very close to the expressway to make up for being far from Lake Shore Drive. I also can quickly take that I55 pass over to get onto Lake Shore Drive much faster than using Roosevelt.
It took me 40 minutes to drive to Lincoln Square from my place on Saturday afternoon.
Yeah, not a 4. Seems like they lowered the price recently to I guess an appropriate level. It seems high to me for a townhouse in the area, but then I don’t like those narrow townhouses and would vastly prefer single family house for the same price, so am likely biased. The single family at 1924 W Grace (which is smaller) is currently at $720K and has been listed for 28 days (was higher before that).
Jenny people who live here may well think where you live is inconvenient too. This is a five minute walk to the Brown Line and in the middle of four different bus lines (used to be five before the clowns killed the Lincoln route), not everybody drives everywhere. Also, can you walk out your door and find things to do in pretty much any direction within walking distance? You can here.
I’ve lived in Southport for years and when I decided to move looked only north (Edgewater) and west (North Center), and NW (Lincoln Square which is where I ended up). I find the Brown Line commute fine, and NC/LS give me basically the same commute with better odds of getting a seat (quite good ones, in fact). I enjoy spending time in these areas, and they are convenient to each other. The Loop I tend to do things in after work, so living near there doesn’t have a big appeal. The rest of the city is spread out and there’s no specific place I want to be near (lots of places I go, but no particular one that is so frequent vs. the others that I’d choose housing based on it).
When I first moved here I wanted to be near the Lake, but found for me I prefer a little less density and being closer to the L. I still run to the lake at times (it’s about a mile and a half from the place we area talking about, or just a bit more to Addison underpath) or bike to work using the lake path at times (and I cannot stand the lake path given the crowds south of Fullerton through the Loop on weekends or basically any time before dark in the evenings when the weather is good from spring to fall). I love it south of the Loop, true.
Irving Park (which would be the route for 1909 W Grace) is a fast trip to the Drive unless there’s a home Cubs game or during rush hour, but driving in the City during rush hour is something I avoid anyway. Proximity to the Expressway is of no interest to me — a trip to O’Hare is shorter than from downtown, though, IME from comparing from my house and from my office.
Main thing is obviously people like different things in neighborhoods. If you want a SFH neighborhood experience, being around lots of people with young kids and in an area where there’s lots of interaction between neighborhoods and community involvement and block parties and a well-regarded elementary school, and also a variety of parks, neighborhood shopping and restaurants, and close to public transportation, it’s appealing.
“Also, can you walk out your door and find things to do in pretty much any direction within walking distance? You can here.”
Town houses in my neighborhood are far less expensive than $800k. I just don’t see paying that much when you can get something in Old Town, West Loop, or South Loop for a similar price and have a much easier commute.
This place looks pretty spacious and I like the location. Not happy that the fourth bedroom is open to the master below, but maybe that space could be an office. Great to have so much outdoor space. I don’t like how you walk in and you’re immediately in the living room. What happened to an entrance hall?
Price seems Ok considering this has the space of an SF and an SF around here would cost similar.
I see complaints about how vertical this place is. I understand that, but I tend to like the vertical living style. Goes back to my love of my relatives’ D.C. townhouse built in the 1870s. Five levels, lots of stair climbing, but so elegant. Plus, when the house goes up higher, there’s a better view from the roof deck.
“Have to see if it’s still *perceived* as above average after a year or so. Lot of strong opinions out there that the merger is a bad thing.”
Neither Ogden, or Jenner are even perceived as good schools now. So many parents have left or are leaving. The Jenner principal died so that school hasn’t had leadership for a year and the Ogden principal is Mr. Crazypants. So many people have complained about him to CPS and have left because of him, not even because of Jenner. So many teachers have left Ogden too. CPS has so many problems keeping principals they keep just about anybody in their places. The only parents that like Ogden are the type of parents that aren’t involved and don’t know what is going on.
The principal of Jenner died in the beginning of March,like 7 weeks ago. How is that a “lack of leadership for the past year?”
yeah he had Marfan’s disease, horrible… he was a really good guy, smart and motivated too
Yes, he left the school for the hospital a year before he died. They had an interim principal, but that is just a placeholder, not a plan maker. He was young too. And Harvard educated. A real loss to the underserved community.