Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom mediterranean style home nicknamed the “Tuscan Villa” at 2965 N. Sheridan in East Lakeview several times over the years. See our last chatter, in April 2011, here. If you recall, the house has some unique features, including an interior atrium and a solarium. Built on a 23×151 lot, all 4 bedrooms are […]

Remember the greystone 2-flat that was next to the Enterprise Rental Car at 2910 N. Sheffield in Lakeview? It sold in 2011 for $490,000, was torn down, and is now a 4-story 3 flat with 2 duplex units. See our prior chatter about the greystone here. Here’s a picture of the old greystone. You can see the […]

Several of you have e-mailed me about this 5 bedroom duplex down at 416 W.  Briar in East Lakeview. Built in 1918, the four unit building is on an oversized 50×125 lot. It has 4200 square feet in total space with 3200 square feet on the first floor and a 1000 square feet on the […]

This 3-flat at 825 W. Newport in Lakeview recently came on the market. A lis pendens foreclosure was filed on it in April 2011. I can’t tell from the public record if it’s already bank owned but the listing says “offer now digitally accepted” and has the type of pictures associated with a bank owned property (the […]

We chattered about this new construction 3-unit building at 1022 W. Diversey in Lakeview several times in 2012. See our January 2012 chatter here. The top floor 2-bedroom penthouse sold within 4 months as did the second floor 2-bedroom. Unit #3 sold in April 2012 for $535,000 Unit #2 sold in April 2012 for $435,000 […]

We’ve seen a few Lakeview houses sell in the past year for over $3 million (most notoriously the house bought by the new Cubs GM in Southport) but there haven’t been many on the market over $3 million in East Lakeview like this new construction house at 550 W. Oakdale. The 7000 square foot house […]

We’ve been following this vintage 3-bedroom at 504 W. Barry in East Lakeview for over a year. See our February 2012 chatter here. Back in February when it was priced at $699,900, many of you liked the unit but thought it was overpriced (surprise!) and would sell in the low $600,000s due to the assessment […]

We last chattered about this top floor 3-bedroom duplex up at 1348 W. Addison in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in December 2011. See our prior chatter here. But it has been on the market for a year now with no takers. Back in December, many of you thought it was a cool place for […]

This 3-flat at 1832 W. Addison in Lakeview came on the market in June 2012. It is located just four buildings to the west of the Addison Brown line stop. The 3 units have the following: Unit #1: 2/1, rented for $800 a month Unit #2: 2/1, rented for $1200 a month Unit #3: 4/2 […]

We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom at 1658 W. Belmont in Lakeview several times over the last 2 years. See our October 2011 chatter here. Last fall, when it was listed at $289,999, many of you believed it would sell around $250,000. It has recently been reduced to $275,000. If you recall, the vintage building appears […]