Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about a lot of units built in former churches and synagogues over the years. This 2-bedroom duplex up in a former church at 3101 N. Seminary in Lakeview still has some of the original church features such as the cathedral ceilings in the living room and the huge church windows. The unit also has […]

This 5-bedroom new construction single family home at 1244 W. George in Lakeview came on the market at the end of November 2012 (although it appears to have been temporarily removed from the MLS.) Built on a 24x123x25x123 lot (per the prior listing), the house is in the contemporary style. It has an open floor […]

We’ve chattered about rowhouses on historic Alta Vista in Lakeview many times on Crib Chatter. This is the block long street with 40 rowhouses made to resemble London rowhouses. It is a landmark block. This 4-bedroom rowhouse at 3837 N. Alta Vista has been on the market since May 2012. Built in 1901, it is […]

This 2-bedroom at 1148 W. Roscoe in Lakeview just came on the market. We’ve chattered about 1 and 2 bedroom units in this group of buildings on Roscoe before. They all face south- away from the El tracks. The buildings were built in 2005 and the unit has the finishes of that era. The kitchen […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 2911 N. Pine Grove in East Lakeview in September 2012. See our prior chatter here. It came on the market for the same price as it sold for about 2 years earlier- in 2009- at $359,900. Most of you thought the apartment was beautiful and that the seller […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom loft at 1140 W. Cornelia in Lakeview in June 2012. Back then, it was a 3-bedroom loft (not sure what happened to the third bedroom). See our prior chatter here. At the time, it was listed for nearly $25,000 more than the 2008 purchase price. Many of you thought […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom penthouse in The Commodore at 550 W. Surf in Lakeview in May 2012. See our prior chatter here. While many of you thought the decorating was a little dated, for the space and that it had 2 deeded parking spaces in that location, you all thought the list price […]

This 3-bedroom top floor unit at 612 W. Surf in Lakeview has been on the market since March 2012. At 1800 square feet, the listing says it has new baths and new windows. The unit has 10 foot ceilings but few other vintage characteristics. The kitchen has stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. The […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom duplex down at 416 W. Briar in Lakeview in August 2012. See our prior chatter here. Back then, the price had recently been raised to $494,000. Several of you thought, given the square footage, that that price wasn’t that bad of deal. But it hasn’t yet sold and now […]

We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom duplex down at 1928 W. Diversey in West Lakeview several times over the past 3 years most recently in January 2011. See our prior chatter here. Back then, the unit was in a short sale but time was of the “essence” because: “MOLD IN LOWER LEVEL DUE TO RECENT WATER DAMAGE FROM […]