Crib Chatter

We last chattered about Unit #3W in 504 W. Barry in East Lakeview in April 2011. See our chatter here. The 10-unit building was built in 1927. The old listing described it as a “gothic jewel.” Alas, those words have been removed from the listing. At 2200 square feet, the unit has some of its vintage features […]

This 1-bedroom authentic loft in the Lakeview Lofts at 3201 N. Seminary in Lakeview just came on the market. A lis pendens foreclosure was filed in April 2010 so I’m not sure why it has only just come on the market. At 920 square feet, it has exposed brick and tall timber ceilings. The bedroom […]

This 3-flat at 1615 W. Barry in Lakeview has been on and off the market since 2009. In that time it has been reduced $220,000. It was recently dropped to $375,000 and has gone under contract (again)- as the property had been under contract in December 2011. Normally I don’t like to chatter about properties under […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom cottage at 3911 N. Hermitage in Lakeview in November 2011. See our prior chatter here. It had gone under contract in just a month after being listed for $339,000. Some of you were surprised it went under contract so quickly as it wasn’t much bigger than many condos in […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 3833 N. Ravenswood in Lakeview has been on the market since August 2011. (The Koenig sign is for the lot next door which  no longer appears to be on the market.) In that time, the price has not been reduced. Built in 1907 on a smaller than average lot […]

We last chattered about this bank owned 2-bedroom at 3516 N. Sheffield just a half a block away from Wrigley Field in Lakeview in June 2011. See our prior chatter here. It has been on the market for 10 months and still there’s been no sale. Back in June, some of you thought this wasn’t an […]

  We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 3700 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview all the way back in December 2010. See our prior chatter here. The listing calls this a townhouse (as do all the listings for the other units in the complex) but some of you complained last time that it was nothing […]

We last chattered about this 2/2 in the Coronado at 3900 N. Pine Grove in September 2011. See our prior chatter here. Although the last chatter evolved into a discussion on if Chicago was becoming the next Detroit (!), some of you did manage to guess what this unit, then priced at $239,000, might actually […]

We last chattered about this vintage 6-bedroom single family home and coach house on the landmarked Terra Cotta Row at 1048 W. Oakdale in Lakeview in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. Also known as the Henry Rohkam Mansion, 1048 W. Oakdale is a rare property for a neighborhood as dense as Lakeview as it […]

  This 3-bedroom at 3740 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview has been on and off the market since October 2009. Built in 1924, this “pre-war” unit actually has a lot of the amenities buyers look for today but can’t always find in vintage buildings. It has in-unit washer/dryer and there is a garage in […]