Love Vintage? This 3-Bedroom Has All the Bells and Whistles: 3621 N. Wilton in Lakeview
This top floor 3-bedroom at 3621 N. Wilton in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Lakeview has been on the market since December 2011.
Built in 1894, it has its own separate entrance with staircase that leads into the unit.
It has a massive entrance foyer with skylight.
The original woodwork is intact with wood moldings and doors.
There are hardwood floors throughout, a woodburning fireplace and 11 foot ceilings.
The kitchen has maple cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
Even though it has the vintage charm, the unit has the features buyers look for including central air, washer/dryer in the unit and a parking space (which could come in handy in the summer time given that the property is just a block from Wrigley Field.)
And no, it is not on the El side of the street.
This unit is listed $8,000 under the 2002 purchase price.
Is this a deal for a 3-bedroom with parking in this location?
Brian Loomis at Coldwell Banker has the listing. See more pictures here.
Unit #3: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, no square footage listed
- Sold in April 2000 for $312,000
- Sold in December 2002 for $397,000
- Originally listed in December 2011 for $389,000
- Currently still listed at $389,000 (includes parking)
- Assessments of $160 a month
- Taxes of $6,000
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- Woodburning fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 14×13
- Bedroom #2: 12×12
- Bedroom #3: 10×10
Oh man, would love to have a place right by Wrigley. Love Wrigleyville!
Wrigley is awesome! they transformed all of these working class $1,000 a month 3 flat apartments into three or more $300,000 condos for the drunkS!
What should be the CC approved length of time before a price drop is called for?
Looks like a rental-needs staging and paint, stat!
homedelete (May 3, 2012, 11:12 am)
Wrigley is awesome! they transformed all of these working class $1,000 a month 3 flat apartments into three or more $300,000 condos for the drunkS!
You obviously never lived there.
Wrigleyville is great! Except for the Cubs.
“You obviously never lived there.”
You’re obviously wrong. I lived 2 blocks from this unit during law school.
Yeah, Lakeview is sooooooo 5 years ago. Niles, Morton Grove, Skokie, that’s where it’s at now! All the grown-ups live there now. Room for baby and the mid-level mini van too!
Saturday? “We’re going to Home Depot to pick out some wallpaper, then maybe we’ll hit Bed Bath and Beyond… I don’t know! I don’t know if we’ll have enough time!”
LOL
better yet, McHenry county!!
The demographic that lives in Lincoln Park/Lakeview is largely a younger version of the demographic that resides on the North Shore. An attempt to imply that someone living off Belmont is less of a Home Depot drone than someone in Glenview is absurd. Those same big box crapfests are all over the North Side, complete with free mega-parking for your SUV.
McHenry? Heavens NO! Junior would only get into a State school. Unacceptable.
I could see this moving at about 365. I love that it has its own entrance, that would be a big plus to me and it seems like a decent size. I don’t live too far away, so obviously I think the neighborhood is great.
This looks very nice and I like the location, but I wouldn’t dream of paying this much for what looks like so many rental units in the area. I predict the price has some dropping to do.
For a unit of this size those assessments are way too low.
If you’re considering buying, check the reserves, budget and P&L.
Ask what repairs are coming up and if they fund those through special assessments.
I can’t look at city homes anymore, once you go Oakbrook, you never go back!
You guys hate on McHenry Co. all the time, but there is more easy money to be made in RE out there than in the city where there are no deals.
This is in the LeMoyne school district, right? Does it have magnet programs, etc.?
Saturday? “We’re going to Home Depot to pick out some wallpaper, then maybe we’ll hit Bed Bath and Beyond… I don’t know! I don’t know if we’ll have enough time!”
that’s funny, though also rings true in city home depots and bbby. esp bbby…what a nightmare cluster-f that store is.
Oh God, bbby reminds me of our friend’s wife and they both induce similar stress levels. The dude is from our fantasy football league. He recently married a woman who hates all of us and makes no secret of it. Wolfman and I walked into their wedding reception and she literally looked directly at us, turned the other way and pretended she didn’t see. A friend turned to me and said “have you ever been to a wedding where you just knew it wasn’t going to work out? Is that a terrible thing to say?” The wife never comes out for beers. She’s always at bbby spending up his money! Every time. How is it possible? How much crap could you possibly need? She made him throw out a brand new leather couch she didn’t approve of in favor of something she picked out. The dude had dated her twice before and dumped her both times. Then all of a sudden it was like a male biological clock took over and he recycled her a third time. Then they bought a $3,000 dog from a puppy mill and then next thing we knew they were married and are talking about kids.
The neighborhood isn’t half bad when the Cubs suck. So it’s been great for a few yrs and should remain that way for the next several. Seriously, the first several months of the season hardly any fans around and mid summer, the obnoxious fans don’t linger at all the bars (aside from Clark St) when they lose. This is why I love when the Cubs stink.
” she literally looked directly at us, turned the other way and pretended she didn’t see”
Ooooh, the cut direct.
“Ooooh, the cut direct.”
It’s okay. We didn’t want to talk to her anyway.
It was the most awkward, un-fun wedding I’d been to.
There were 2 distinct crowds which did not mix.
The bride’s which were uptight fashion people.
And the groom’s which were rockers from Brooklyn.
I was the ONLY one dancing. All night.
Towards the end when everyone was drunk, the best man gave a long speech to the groom which consisted mostly of “I love you, man” with zero references to the bride.
The groom’s brother sat there playing video games, face-planted in the table and went to sleep.
Then the groom snapped out of his alcohol-coma, realized there was a ring on his finger and started violently shaking his hand trying to flick it off saying “What is this? I don’t like it!”
Sounds like the kind of wedding crowd, that in previous eras, would have ended up with a fight between members of the bride’s side and members of the groom’s side, as hilariously described by legendary columnist Mike Royko . Wow, today’s Chicagoans are wussy – can’t even throw a good wedding brawl!
Haha, CTG –
All parties involved are New Yorkers and the wedding was in DUMBO in Brooklyn.
To bring it back to real estate…
The groom got his MBA at the University of Chicago but hates Chicago and tells me to rent out my in-town with disgust every time I see him.
The bride bought a 2/2 at the Toren – a hideous abortion of a high-rise condo in downtown Bklyn at the height of the market.
She was sleeping with the developer’s son during one of her breakups from her now husband.
She was bragging that he gave her a deal at 750K, haha!
Sounds like the potential plot of a great episode of “Law and Order SVU.”