It’s Summer. It’s Hot. Time to Buy That Cabana: 655 W. Irving Park Road in Lakeview
This cabana next to the pool at Park Place Tower at 655 W. Irving Park in Lakeview recently came on the market.
We’ve chattered about these unique cabanas in this building before.
It is 100 square feet and has a full bath, with a shower.
There’s no heat or air conditioning.
From the pictures, you can see that it has white cabinets and a microwave in the single room.
What’s the market for a property like this?
Linda DeAngelo at Park Place Real Estate Services has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #C020: one room, one full bath, 100 square feet
- Sold in April 2005 for $19,500
- Currently listed for $25,900
- Assessments of $15 a month
- Taxes of $54
- No heat
- No central air
This looks more like a storage unit that happens to have a fridge and microwave than a cabana.
I’m curious what all the restrictions for use are on this. I assume the pool is only open Memorial Day to Labor Day, so you only have 1/3 of a year to theoretically use it. I also assume the pool is not 24hrs so you have even further limits on usability. What are the access limits for non-building residents?
I wish it had a separate napping area. Not necessarily a full bedroom, but some place semi-private to afternoon nap, or put down a child for a nap while I go sunbathe.
Unless you work from home or are a stay at home parent and could use this during the week, I just don’t know how you could justify this purchase. Is there internet access out there?
Not bad if you live in the area and have some rugrats to bring to the pool. Perhaps somewhere for the babysitter to take them during the week. For me personally, I’ll stick with EBC.
Buy now or be priced out of the cabana market forever!
I would also want to know the access limits to non-building residents. The pool area sounds like it might be a noisy nightmare in the summer for the building residents.
Also, are the HOA fees year round, or only the months when the pool is open? $45/usable month is a lot more than $15/mo.
Can one live in the unit year round? Sounds like a good deal as micro-units are making a comeback in SF and NYC.
I believe there are explicit rules saying you cannot live in the unit, or even stay overnight in it. Even if there aren’t, the unit is not heated and the door is slatted, so if its 6F outside, it is probably 9F in the cabana, which also likely means the water is turned off in the pool offseason.
You wouldn’t want to stay in the cabana overnight.
I used to live here a long time ago just as they were convering units to condos, I didn’t care for it. Great views though.
In regard to the pool there are a lot of homosexuals at the pool, and in the building in general (they call it the Homo Hilton lol) if you’re comfortable with that, but the part I didnt’ like is that its always so crowded you have to get up at 5AM to get two chairs on a nice day.
Oh and these cabanas are meant to be sold with units, not seperately, kind of like when you see parking spaces on the MLS. Certainly a nice thing for someone that owns here to not have to deal with getting up so early to get a spot at the pool
Could owners of these cabanas rent them out for a few days at a time to other building residents?
Is there a good semi private pool option in the city? (Yes, by which I mean kid friendly.)
“Could owners of these cabanas rent them out for a few days at a time to other building residents?”
Yes, I am fairly sure of that. Couldn’t rent it to people who dont’ live in the building since you need a special ‘pool pass fob’ to gain entrance
Look this is an extravagance or impulse purchase. For residents that live in ANY building there are always bragging rights. How many times have people bragged to neighbors about things like “our unit faces the water” or “our tier is the only one bedroom that has a den” I used to live in the building right next door and from that experience I can tell you that it happens all the time. My unit actually looked over their pool and back then it was draining on Labor Day Tuesday. Ours would get another month of use most years.
If you have the disposable income why wouldn’t you get one? It is not going up in value but should remain constant and nothing beats having a cabana by the pool.mon summer saturdays it Will make life easy! Te only downside is that they are too small. During rehab they should have combined some of the units into bigger spaces and charged more money. A few built with a sliding glass door, living room, couch area, coved patio, BBQ area, and a TV would have commanded a premium. Perhaps not a larger sum than the smaller units that each sold for 15k. .
If I lived there I wold buy one. we were always on the pool deck next door on Sat and Sun. Heck I spent $500 day on my cabana on the beach last spring. Although that one had privacy, shade, and a place for my daughter to nap without going back to the room. Worth every penny!
Even for someone who has tons of disposable income I can’t see the appeal. This place is so tiny, that even the 2 folding chairs in the pics look crammed in there. Let alone having space for a sofa or a “napping area”.
25k for a towel rack and a fridge is just stupid.
Any of these currently for sale?
“Any of these currently for sale?”
The cabanas?
They are listed on the MLS just like parking spaces or condo units are.