Crib Chatter

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 […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 839 W. Wellington in Lakeview came on the market in July 2012. We have chattered about this building before. Built in 1898, it was converted into condos in 2004. The difference is, the developer kept most of the vintage features and also put in upscale non-cookie cutter finishes. At 2300 […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 3506 N. Greenview in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in October 2012. This building was converted into condo units during the boom. It has exposed brick and an open floorplan on the main level. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom top floor unit at 1131 W. Addison in Lakeview in October 2010. It had been on and off the market for a year and finally sold in October of that year for $22,000 under the 2007 purchase price. See our final chatter, after the unit sold, here. I asked […]

We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom in 504 W. Barry in East Lakeview numerous times over the past 2 years. See our last chatter in May 2012 here. Originally listed for $779,900, but then reduced, some of you thought this would finally sell in the $500,000s but some of you were even more bearish and guessed […]

This top floor 3-bedroom at 433 W. Wellington in Lakeview has a rare combination of being both a vintage unit and also having a private rooftop deck. Normally, we chatter about top floor units with private rooftop decks with the newer construction units. But this building was built in 1918 and the unit still retains […]

The 3-bedroom condo unit has become quite the commodity as buyers look for larger units they can grow into. This 3-bedroom unit at 2849 N. Burling in Lakeview has the features buyers look for. It last sold in 2006 and looks to be an addition on top of an existing vintage 2-flat. I say this […]

We’ve chattered about this vintage 3-bedroom duplex unit in The Eddystone at 421 W. Melrose in East Lakeview several times over the last few years. See our March 2012 chatter here. It was recently re-listed with a new agent and a new price. However, a lis pendens was also recently filed against the unit. If […]

This top floor 2-bedroom vintage unit in the courtyard building at 511 W. Aldine in East Lakeview just came on the market. If the building looks familiar, that’s because it is. We last chattered about a different 2-bedroom in the same building in April 2011. That unit took 3 years to sell and ultimately became […]

This 2-bedroom at the high rise at 828 W. Grace in Lakeview has been on the market since September 2012. Built in 2007, the building has 140 units and a parking garage. This unit faces south with a 15×6 covered terrace that has city views, including Wrigley Field. Various upgrade packages were available when these […]