Get a Townhouse with 3 Parking Spaces for $550,000 in Lincoln Park: 1801 W. Diversey
This 3-bedroom townhouse in Wolcott Row at 1801 W. Diversey in Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2021.
Built in 1996, Wolcott Row is a gated complex with 36 townhouses.
This is an end unit with windows on three sides.
It has refinished hardwood floors on the first and second floors.
There’s a wood burning fireplace in the living room.
The kitchen has white cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances including a double oven.
All three bedrooms are on the second floor along with 2 full baths.
The third floor has a fully enclosed family room or office with skylights.
The townhouse has a front patio and a private deck on the second floor.
It also has an attached 2-car garage and a rare third assigned parking space on an adjacent parking pad (see the pictures).
The listing says the schools are Prescott and Lincoln Park High School.
Listed at $550,000, are the 3 parking spaces the key to selling this property?
Edyta Schell at d’aprile properties has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #8: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2010 square feet, townhouse
- Sold in April 2006 for $448,000
- Sold in May 2018 for $525,000
- Originally listed in August 2021 for $550,000
- Currently still listed at $550,000
- Assessments of $384 a month (includes exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavengers, snow removal)
- Taxes of $8891
- Central Air (except in that loft room which appears to have a window unit)
- Wood burning fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 16×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 15×9 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 13×10 (second floor)
- Family room/office: 15×12 (third floor)
- Living room: 15×14 (main floor)
- Dining room: 11×11 (main floor)
- Kitchen: 15×13 (main floor)
- Front terrace: 15×14 (main floor)
- Deck: 18×10 (second floor)
This is one of those unfortunate pockets of the city with the right zip code and right neighborhood title that doesn’t really mirror the rest of that zip code and neighborhood.
The walkability here is not great unless the busyness of Ashland and Diversey don’t bother you. Then, it is pretty much all chain suburban like establishments that you can get to on foot. Good luck getting downtown from here…it’ll require taking a bus (out of the way westward) to a blue line el stop (just traverse back southeast to to downtown). Or driving the omni-congested stretch of I-90.
This is closer to 1700sf than 2000
The FP flue routing would drive me nuts
No bathroom on the main floor
The key to selling this property would be to list the sf accurately and price it near the comps. I dont see a $70k premium for this unit.
When driving between ELP and Colorado, we typically stayed overnight in Lincoln, Nebraska. If departing from this townhouse, we’d probably just drive straight through.
The fireplace flue would also drive me nuts. I would guess that the window unit on the top is because it gets extremely hot up there compared to the rest of the house. It’s similar in my friends’ 4-story townhouse. I have also noticed this now that I’m getting ready to buy and touring townhouses. That top floor is unbearably hot in my places.
The temperature on the top floor is always incredibly hot. You really need 4 HVAC zones in those townhouses.
All the 1990s-era townhomes/condos on Diversey between Ashland and Damen are pretty awful, but this one is not as bad as most, maybe?
Seems nice enough until you realize the metra/freight train tracks run right next to this place about 10′ away
“the metra/freight train tracks run right next to this place about 10? away”
Pretty sure that there is zero freight traffic on UP-North, but the point remains. At least it ain’t the el, nor close to a station.
The reconstruction of the bridge that is coming soon, and there’s a good chance the embankment behind here will be worked on and a *certainty* that the trains will be running ~15′ closer to this place with the realignment of the rails. So there are some unknowns.
Maybe the reason the price hasn’t kept up with inflation over the years has to do with people realizing what a horrible location this is. Diversey is so dull over here, and there’s very little of interest to walk to.
And even though you’re right on the noisy Metra line, an actual Metra or L station is pretty far away. You certainly couldn’t walk to the Clybourn or Ravenswood Metra stations from here, and I’m stumped to think of a nearby L station.
All the inconvenience of the suburbs, none of the charm or convenience of the city.
“I’m stumped to think of a nearby L station”
It’s just under a mile to Paulina, and just over a mile to Diversey. I’ll even admit that a mile is “not close”.
I like this part of NoCoCo the least, as it feels so cut off from everything by the RR, Menards and Landmark Village. And then what is sort of close is basically north Ashland and Costco.
Unit is contingent as of today
Nearest L is near Roscoe and the home is on Diversey. To me, that’s too far for walking on a hot humid day like this if my plan is to go to work downtown and not arrive looking like Ted Striker when he’s trying to land in Airplane.
“Maybe the reason the price hasn’t kept up with inflation over the years has to do with people realizing what a horrible location this is. Diversey is so dull over here, and there’s very little of interest to walk to.”
3 parking spaces, including 2 in a garage, is very unusual in Lincoln Park or Lakeview.
Heck, getting a townhouse with a 2-car garage is pretty unusual at this price point and then you have a third space for guests? Nice amenity.
“It’s just under a mile to Paulina, and just over a mile to Diversey. I’ll even admit that a mile is “not close”.”
cmon anon, just hop on the fast moving Diversey bus to get to the El to make your 5.5 mile commute to the loop in just under an hour… lol
You can jump on the Diversey bus to the Brown Line and bus tracker cuts down on waiting outside. But let’s remember that not all people care about being close to a train, such as anyone who lives in this immediate area. But a bus to El is not a fun commute.
It took me 40 minutes at 1 PM today to get from Damen and Diversey to Milleni Park. Could have been less if the Washington bridge was not closed, buy there is always some diversion.
I think the townhouse is nice for the price. The next owner should switch out the loft window unit for a mini split. I could almost live here.
I disagree with the location being bad. You can’t walk to a lot of establishments but you are close to Roscoe, LP, LV, Bucktown, Logan and Avondale. 90/94 is reasonably close. It would probably suck living over here if you didn’t have a car, especially in the winter. Otherwise, I think the location is pretty good for the city and the positive of not having a lot of businesses over there is that it is quiet and keeps some of the riff-raff away.
“But a bus to El is not a fun commute.”
Agreed. Especially in the winter. But maybe you work at a hospital or university and don’t need to take the subway?
You have three parking spots here.
By the way, the chatterati has always assumed everyone works in the loop.
Most likely they now work in Fulton Market or River North or even in the tech companies on the north side. Heck, I know some working in Park Ridge.
Not everyone commutes by the subway.
“Most likely they now work in Fulton Market or River North or even in the tech companies on the north side. Heck, I know some working in Park Ridge.”
yeah no, those areas of employment are still dwarfed by the amount of people that work in the loop
“those areas of employment are still dwarfed by the amount of people that work in the loop”
Or just working from home. And with a minisplit added to the 3d floor, this would be pretty workable for that.
“yeah no, those areas of employment are still dwarfed by the amount of people that work in the loop”
My point was that the chatterati always gets it wrong- on prices, where people work etc. They always assume EVERYONE works in the loop. They don’t although it’s a big job center. I never said it wasn’t.
Thousands of people are working in Fulton Market now sonies. Things have changed since you lived here. They keep building new office space there. I hope they put in a Metra station there as that would help.
West Loop/Fulton Market also needs a second bus line. The 20 just doesn’t cut it anymore.
Plenty of people I know don’t work in the loop and wouldn’t care if they were near the subway so this townhouse works just fine, especially with 3 parking spaces.
I have friends who have bought townhouses simply because they had a two car attached garage. Lol. It’s pretty rare at his price point to have 3 spaces. Wow.
you said “most likely”
which statistically is false
also getting to fulton market from this particular property sucks even worse than getting to the loop so not sure even what your point is
I bet a few of the neighbors are car/bike hobbysist since an attached 2 car + a spot is incredible.
“also getting to fulton market from this particular property sucks even worse than getting to the loop so not sure even what your point is”
Her point was simply that not all people work in the loop. Sabrina wasn’t implying that it was any easier to get to Fulton Market. City workers like teachers, firefighters and police officers don’t all work downtown and they’ll drive to work.
And it’s contingent!
Now this is prime NoCoCo!