Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom loft in the Florsheim Shoe Company Lofts at 3963 W. Belmont in Avondale came on the market in November 2023. (Sorry, I don’t have a current photo.) Built in 1924-26, the Florsheim Shoe Company was one of the world’s largest shoe manufacturers. This building was designed by Alfred Alschuler. It was converted into […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse loft in The Shoemaker Lofts at 3963 W. Belmont in Avondale came on the market in May 2015 and is already under contract and pending. Out of 175 units, there are 4 units currently on the market in the building and all 4 are under contract. 5 units have already closed so […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 3440 N. Lawndale in Avondale just came on the market. Previously bank owned, it has now been gut rehabbed and “everything” is new. The prior listing said the original house was built in 1895. It’s on a standard 25×125 lot and has a 2 car garage. It has wainscoting and […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3250 N. Drake in Avondale just came on the market. Built in 1897, it has been rehabbed after being bank owned. It last sold in May 2012 for $95,500. This is a smaller home than some of the others we’ve seen. It has 1500 square feet and includes a […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 3059 N. Gresham in Avondale recently came on the market. It is a rehab of a bank owned house. Built in 1893 on a standard Chicago lot measuring 25×125, it has 2800 square feet and a 2-car garage. Three of the bedrooms are on the second floor with the […]

We first started chattering about this modern new construction single family home, being marketed by North Clybourn Group, at 1214 N. Rockwell in the East Humboldt Park neighborhood, in November 2010. See our prior chatter here. Back then, some of you were into it. After all it was a new construction house that was listed for […]

In the last few months of 2011, we’ve been chattering about more new construction projects than we did the prior years. These include new construction million dollar homes and 3 and 6 flat condo developments. Sure, it’s not like it was during the boom time but with prices still falling for the current crop of […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 2917 N. Rockwell in Avondale just came on the market. The listing said it was renovated in 2006. Built on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125, it has central air and a 2-car garage. All three bedrooms are upstairs. There is also a main level family room and a […]

We last chattered about this rehabbed 4-bedroom vintage home at 3122 N. Spaulding in Avondale in July 2011. See our prior chatter here. If you recall, this house was once a 2-bedroom bank owned property that was rehabbed into a “new” 4-bedroom  home. Many of you thought it would sell close to its list price […]

This 4-bedroom vintage single family home at 3109 N. Sawyer in Avondale has been on the market since July 2011. It was recently reduced $10,000 to $289,900. It is just one block east of another house we’ve chattered about at 3122 N. Spaulding which had been a bank owned 2-bedroom and then was rehabbed into a […]