Historic Coach House Set in a Private Garden: 1450 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast
This 3-bedroom coach house at 1450 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2023.
Built in 1890, it has 6 units and some garage parking. The coach house sits behind the vintage building in the picture above.
It has 3 levels of “single family living.”
The first floor has the foyer, a bedroom/office and a full bathroom.
The second floor has refinished herringbone hardwood floors in the living and dining rooms along with a marble fireplace.
The kitchen, which is also on the second floor, has been “fully renovated” with custom cabinetry and lighting, high-end granite counter tops, Viking appliances and a stone subway tile backsplash along with what looks like a beverage refrigerator.
The listing says both full bathrooms have also been remodeled and have marble tile floors.
The other two bedrooms are on the second floor including the primary bedroom, with room for a king bed, and which has a huge walk-in-closet.
The penthouse has a one-of-a-kind sunroom with a wet bar plus a private rooftop deck with composite decking and pergola, water and electricity.
The listing calls it “your personal oasis.”
This coach house has the features buyers look for including central air, washer/dryer in the lower level basement, along with storage and a utility sink, and 1 heated attached garage parking which is included (see the floor plan for more.)
This coach house is near Lincoln Park and the shops and restaurants of Old Town.
Listed at $879,000, is this a townhouse alternative?
Julie Busby and Pamela Moran at Compass have the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit CH-SE: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, no square footage listed, coach house
- Sold in October 1990 for $400,000
- Sold in February 1993 for $427,500
- Sold in August 1997 for $413,500
- Sold in June 2001 for $618,000
- Sold in March 2003 for $650,000
- Sold in May 2004 for $701,500
- Currently listed for $879,000
- Assessments of $527 a month (includes exterior maintenance, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $7574
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the basement
- Fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 13×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 12×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 12×8 (main floor)
- Living/dining combo: 20×19 (second floor)
- Kitchen: 14×7 (second floor)
- Walk-in-closet: 13×6 (second floor)
- Sun room: 20×8 (third floor)
- Foyer: 8×7 (main floor)
- Laundry room: 25×9 (lower level)
- Deck: 20×20 (third floor)
“The penthouse”
I know that’s from the listing copy, but have we really come to the point where the access room to a roof deck gets called a “penthouse”??
If you go into the alley on streetview, you can see that when they redid the deck, they made it quite a bit smaller–there used to be a bigger pergola area, right next to the southerly and westerly parapet wall. Seems like the deck is plenty big still, but pretty sparse.
I like it, except for the spiral stairs to the roof, which unfortunately don’t seem to admit a reasonable alternative. If I wanted to be in the GC, would be a consideration.
Should’ve painted the kitchen cabinets and spent $1k on a new dishwasher, too. And the closet racking is embarrassing at the price. But those are also easy to fix.
I’m somewhat confused about the parking space. There appears to be 3 spaces. Coach house has one of them. Do you have to walk into the courtyard and then over to your front door to access it?
Who owns the other two spaces?
This feels like a townhouse. Very unique property for the Gold Coast, especially with a parking space.
The sunroom and deck are beautiful, but I’m not sure that makes up for the very limited natural light in the rest of the house and the next door neighbor views from every window.
3b, a prior cc feature, sold a year ago, and has a decent pic of the shared yard, seemingly taken from right in front of this place’s front door:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1450-N-Dearborn-St-60610/unit-3B/home/14114367
This is HAWT(tm)
And while not Chicago would be a cool post
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11222-Dilling-St-North-Hollywood-CA-91602/20025974_zpid/?utm_source=zillowgonewild&utm_medium=zillowgonewild&utm_campaign=zillowgonewild
“And while not Chicago would be a cool post”
MARSHA? JAN? BOBBY!!!! Will someone get the door? Sam the butcher is here
It sold 5 years ago to HGTV didn’t it? The inside didn’t look like the tv show but they brought in some of the original Brady kids to redo it so it was a replica of the tv house.
It’s kind of creepy to see it now, with the orange counter tops and stone walls.
Who wants to live in a replica of the Brady house? $5.5 million is a pretty penny to own a museum.
“Fireplaces and some appliances/Fixtures are decorative only.”
So, it’s basically a film set.
“Intellectual property rights are not included in the sale.”
But you might get a C&D letter for posting pix online.
I don’t know who would be paying $5 million for this. I don’t think you can make it a museum given the zoning of the neighborhood. No one wants hundreds of people parking on the street etc.
I’m not doing a new post today. It’s really, really slow out there. I’m having a hard time finding properties to crib on again. But I’m going to take some new pictures this weekend so hopefully we’ll have something for next week.
Condolences to buyers. Slim pickings.
Also, I’ll have the April sales update next week as well.
“I don’t know who would be paying $5 million for this. I don’t think you can make it a museum given the zoning of the neighborhood. No one wants hundreds of people parking on the street etc.”
Except people are already doing this
The price isnt a 10X premium over its neighbors
The other ~$5m houses currently for sale in NoHo all look far more livable.
“The other ~$5m houses currently for sale in NoHo all look far more livable.”
Ohhhh indeed.
Didnt say it was the deal of the century, only that the ask wasnt dumb like live in VV old condo at the Palmolive dumb
“Who wants to live in a replica of the Brady house? $5.5 million is a pretty penny to own a museum.”
Not to mention you’d be living in a tourist attraction — with people doing drive bys, taking pictures, and probably trespassing at times.
It would certainly be an awesome house to entertain in, however. And all you’d need to do is maintain the place. No kitchen or bathroom remodels or redecorating — ever.
Brady house would be a HOT AirBnB property.
Considering both the novelty and size of the home, I think it could go for $20K-$25K per week, about ~$1M in revenue per year.
“Brady house would be a HOT AirBnB property.”
Yes until it eventually gets trashed. Good luck finding replicas for any of it.
“Yes until it eventually gets trashed. Good luck finding replicas for any of it.”
No idea on the rental value but if its up where KK thinks it is you are making duplicates of most of the key items and have a very substantial damage deposit
“Not to mention you’d be living in a tourist attraction — with people doing drive bys, taking pictures, and probably trespassing at times.”
Its supposedly the second most photographed house after the White House.
“Yes until it eventually gets trashed. Good luck finding replicas for any of it.”
Hefty Security Deposit to avoid rif raf tenants.
In re-looking at the photos, I don’t think it’d be that difficult to replace any particular piece of furniture or linen. MCM is in. And most of the furniture is not that memorable from the show so it wouldn’t need to be exact — just era appropriate.
Replacing the appliances could pose a challenge. But would anyone really turn down a chance to stay here if the avocado fridge gets replaced with a stainless at some point?
“if the avocado fridge gets replaced with a stainless”
I bet you could find someone in LA who could powder coat in avocado.
And no one would care if the fridge was a different looking side by side, but still in avocado.
I recall Greg getting to move into the attic, which was groovy (controversial, but groovy). I wonder if it ever occurred to Mike to give up his home office for Marcia to move into?
I don’t recall the Mondrian-looking thing near the stairs/above the door to the office. I do remember the horse statue. Of course the brown vase isn’t there, thanks to that idiot Peter.
“I wonder if it ever occurred to Mike to give up his home office for Marcia to move into?”
“Floor plan”https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f1/e3/b5/f1e3b50d75bbb4cfa2eee1a97c4220cb.jpg
Mike is such an architectural genius — he created a housing plan that included a maid’s quarters but had only two bedrooms, and a shared bathroom (with no toilet) for six kids. And took the biggest room in the house for his home office despite working in an office building.
“Mike is such an architectural genius — he created a housing plan that included a maid’s quarters but had only two bedrooms, and a shared bathroom (with no toilet) for six kids.”
Ha ha.
Back in the 1970s, the average American house just wasn’t that big. No expectation that all the kids would have their own rooms, for instance. Average house only had 1 bathroom as well.
Also, we don’t know if Carol and the girls moved into Mike’s original house, do we? They might have. Those 2 upstairs bedrooms would have been only for 3 boys originally.
“Except people are already doing this”
Huh? It is NOT a museum. HGTV owns it and no one goes inside.
“Back in the 1970s, the average American house just wasn’t that big. Average house only had 1 bathroom as well.”
Not sure I agree with this. The vast majority of 60s-70s era highrises with 2+ bedroom floorplans have 2 or more bathrooms.
“The vast majority of 60s-70s era highrises with 2+ bedroom floorplans have 2 or more bathrooms.”
No they don’t. Many were 1/1s or 2/1s.
And I was talking about single family homes. Average size was 1200 square feet. Three bedrooms, 1 bath was the norm.
“ Many were . ..2/1s.”
Which buildings?
Reduced to $849,900, and open tomorrow.
Now priced at $824,900.
Reduced again to $799,000