How Badly Do You Want the Single Family Home? 2109 W. Montrose
A lot of people would rather have the single family home instead of a condo. But prices for single family homes on the North Side have skyrocketed.
Then there’s this 1894 two bedroom Victorian house at 2109 W. Montrose in Lincoln Square. It’s set back on the lot, so there is no garage. In fact, there doesn’t even appear to be a backyard.
But there is a finished basement, with an office. And no one living above or below you.
I don’t know the square footage, but here are some room sizes:
- Bedroom #1: 13 x 11
- Bedroom #2: 12 x 11
- Office: 12 x 12
- Family room: 20 x 20
- Living room: 12 x 11
- Dining room: 12 x 10
- Kitchen: 11 x 11
2109 W. Montrose: 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, 2 half baths, finished basement
- Sold in November 2002 for $318,000
- Currently listed for $459,000 (no parking)
- Taxes of $4202
- Century 21 Sussex & Reilly has the listing
From the room sizes, I’d guess that the “Family Room” is the basement. That makes this 2.5 floors of about 25×25. I’d guess that it has about 1600 sqft in total, 1000 sqft above grade.
That old school radio is awesome!
Nice location, right by Welles Park and the various restaurants along Lincoln Ave. Couple blocks to the Brown Line for commuters.
Zoning is R-3 however, meaning there’s not much development potential (at most, a variance for two units).
Yuk Yuk.
You have to really, really crave a SF home to put up with living in something like this.
“You have to really, really crave a SF home to put up with living in something like this.”
At $459k, sure, but at $350-375k, it would beat the pants off of having to deal with associations, etc. for a similar sized condo (if you want to be in this neighborhood) at a similar or higher price. On rental parity, I rented something similar (prob. a little smaller, slightly different ‘hood) for $1900 in 1999, so the ’02 price was right on. But $459k today is a bit high, I think.
Different strokes for different folks. I grew up in a similar SFH like this. Although it was in a different, lower cost city and is probably worth 20% or less than the ask of this dwelling. Being a former suburbanite myself there is something to be said for having your own yard.
This thing seems okay at 350k, but very high priced for 460k. Not sure how hard parking is in the neighborhood either.
It IS roomy, and the owners have done a good job of fixing it up. All the charm it has is due to things they’ve done.
Watch that stove placement! some unsuspecting guest might stick their hand thru that pass-thru and burn themselves!
The lot is worth more than $350K people… get real! The house closed 7/10/2008 for $440K in 23 days. Doh!