Looking for a Contemporary Coach House Within a Block of Lincoln Park? 337 W. Armitage
This 2-bedroom contemporary coach house at 337 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park recently came on the market.
It does not have the vintage feel of most coach houses. Instead, it has contemporary features.
The kitchen has modern cabinets, a stainless steel island and luxury appliances by SubZero, Miele and Bosch.
One of the 2 bedrooms is on the second floor with the other in the lower level.
There is a patio and central air but there doesn’t appear to be parking (although the listing says it has it- but then says it doesn’t.)
It is currently listed for $60,000 more than the 2004 purchase price.
Will this 2/2 command a premium over the 2004 price?
Berg Properties has the listing. See the pictures here.
337 W. Armitage: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1400 square feet
- Sold in August 1990 for $193,000
- Sold in October 2002 for $145,000
- Sold in June 2004 for $440,000
- Originally listed in 2007/2008- never sold
- Re-listed in June 2011 for $500,000
- Currently listed for $500,000
- Assessments of $145 a month
- Taxes of $2164
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- No parking (?) Pictures don’t seem to indicate that it has it.
- Bedroom #1: 17×17 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 18×11 (lower level)
- Living/dining combo: 17×9 (main level)
- Kitchen: 17×8 (main level)
that may be the best pic sabrina has ever snapped
also the proximity to gamekeepers and alley location guarantees you get peed on regularly
I laughed for a good 2 minutes straight looking through the photos of this place after seeing the price… whooo, i’m light headed now from all the boisterous belly guffaws
one of the bigger “pos” i have seen in a while. $500k for a 3-level 1br? I personally wouldnt pay over $325k.
WAIT – where is the entrance of this place (and please don’t tell me it is in the alley)!!!!
nothing says sold like opening up your window and working on your own comed transformer. all while saying take that!!!!! smart grid my azz!!!!
“nothing says sold like opening up your window and working on your own comed transformer. all while saying take that!!!!! smart grid my azz!!!!”
sorry after further look its not comed its ATT. positive is when your u-verse is slow you can open your window and disconnect your neighbors.
but groove, this is in the holy grail location of Lincoln Park, you’d be a fool not to pay like 5k a month to live in the alley next to a college bar
Are those taxes for real? I don’t believe them.
If this place couldn’t fetch $440K at the top of the bubble mania, what makes the sellers think they can get a higher price now?
Dark, drab, cramped. And those staircases are miserable for anyone who isn’t young and agile.
Yikes. It doesn’t look too bad on the inside, but I’m guessing once you walk the place the layout is not going to be good.
“Sold in August 1990 for $193,000”
Let’s do the time warp again!
Nobody is addressing the BIGGEST issue with this place – the entrance – IS the entrance really on the alley or is there access from the front of the building. If the only access is through the alley, then the current owners were morons for upgrading this place. This will never be more than a crash pad for 20 something year old MEN (not even women – given the alley entrance).
125+ days without a price change and after unsuccessful attempts in 2007 and 2008.
on the plus side, I’ve never seen a coach house with a deck before…I guess the horses needed a place to hang out for a cold one after a long day of crapping on the streets.
Wow. This place is a dump on the outside. How depressing. Chicago isn’t San Francisco, where people will pay big money for a complete dump. I wouldn’t feel safe having huge windows directly on the alley.
Is anyone aware of further progress made by the MPC to promote the reintroduction of coach house construction into current zoning regulations? It has been a few years since I heard anything new, which in this city usually means its dead… which would be a disappointment.
The price is laughable, but is this place really that bad? It is basically a small single family, cramped into a very odd immediate location, but in a pretty decent overall location. I would buy this place for $325-350K depending upon how the finishes look in person.
fugly on the outside
crapshack on the inside
Contemporary? Fugly!
Groove77 on November 1st, 2011 at 1:37 pm
“nothing says sold like opening up your window and working on your own comed transformer. all while saying take that!!!!! smart grid my azz!!!!”
sorry after further look its not comed its ATT. positive is when your u-verse is slow you can open your window and disconnect you
Funny Shit Groove…
clio on November 1st, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Nobody is addressing the BIGGEST issue with this place – the entrance – IS the entrance really on the alley or is there access from the front of the building. If the only access is through the alley, then the current owners were morons for upgrading this place. This will never be more than a crash pad for 20 something year old MEN (not even women – given the alley entrance).
YES YOU ENTER OFF THE ALLEY.
Location is tits but your front door is off an alley – enough said.
A bit too busy today to spend much time looking at this listing/location (which is unfortunate, as it falls within my sphere of interest), but off-the-cuff, this place sure doesn’t seem so hot. Calling this place a “coach house” doesn’t automatically make it superior to condos in the same price range.
There have been 3/2.5’s on Grant at Clark in the $300’s in the past year that are probably better bets, as was the 3/2 that just sold in the atrium units on Clark between Dickens and Webster. And there’s currently a listing on Webster that beats the subject property by a long shot, and it’s $50k less.
My guess is that there is no parking and no possibility of parking (considering this neighborhood has no available overnight street parking whatsoever).
Also, what is the $145 monthly ASSessment for? Who would it be paid to and what would it include?
Totally overpriced, but intriguing. You can see it on streetview – on “Ogden Avenue” of all things, but at least you don’t have to go down the alley.
$400K max and that is if you don’t have a pharyngeal reflex, because that exterior is just that ugly!
FG – That “Ogden Avenue” on google maps is just plain wrong, it’s an alley. Ogden used to come up to the intersection of Armitage/Clark through that plaza and the other end of that alley where it turns and goes to Lincoln (next to Ranalli’s, which wasn’t there when Ogden was). The part right by Ranalli’s is more like a driveway for the townhouses there, doesn’t feel quite as alley-ish because of the plaza, but where this is? it’s an alley.
As for the taxes, it’s because it’s assessed pretty low. “market value” of 193k.
I’m a writer, and am speechless.
Who was the dimwit who paid over $400,000 for this place?
The utility pole does frame the exterior nicely. Very photogenic.
“$400K max and that is if you don’t have a pharyngeal reflex, because that exterior is just that ugly!”
I would agree considering the low taxes assigned to this place.
“Also, what is the $145 monthly ASSessment for? Who would it be paid to and what would it include?”
Most likely all insurance. You pay it to the association….most likely a 2-person one, depending on what’s located at the front of the property.
A single guy will probably buy this property without thinking about the safety issues of having an entrance on an alley and huge windows facing the alley. I would not feel safe here. I would go so far as to say that this place is practically worthless.
I would expect better than IKEA-level finishes for $500,000. There are probably 10 places within a few blocks that would blow this place out of the water for that price.
First of all, this deserves the label “Curb Unappeal” or perhaps “Curb Appall”
Second–this place may have most value as a commercial or work-live space, particularly for a business with a raunchy sort of clientele that may value an alley entrance & not have to worry about complaints from the neighbors! Then again, the interior space looks extremely tight (barely enough room for a sofa in the LR/DR)
JAH:
If this were Nevada, this would be a prime location for a brothel.
Nonya – I realized that, hence the quotations. I found it funny. However, since the alley is at an angle, you have “street frontage” – the place looks better in streetview than in any other photos. Repaint or plaster, plant nice stuff in the planters and it would have mews house appeal.