Crib Chatter

  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 […]

Since the overall market is so slow, thank goodness there is new construction to chatter about. This new construction 6-bedroom single family home at 1500 W. Oakdale in Lakeview came on the market last month. The sister property next door (1502 W. Oakdale) was also built at the same time but that house is not yet […]

This mid-century modern 3-bedroom townhouse at 562 W. Stratford in Lakeview has been on the market since May 2011. In that time it has been reduced $36,000. At 1900 square feet, all 3 bedrooms are on the second floor. It has radiant heat and space pac air but there is no deeded parking (rental parking […]

This new construction 3-unit building at 1022 W. Diversey in Lakeview has just put its first unit on the market. It is on the border of Lakeview and Lincoln Park with the Diversey Brown Line stop just steps away. The unit has luxury finishes including Viking and Bosch appliances. It also has marble baths. Parking […]

We last chattered about this brick and timber triplex loft in the Mandel Brothers Lofts at 811 W. Aldine in Lakeview in July 2010. See our prior chatter here. That was 18 months ago. Since then, it has been reduced $58,500 and is now a short sale. The listing says to “bring all offers.” If […]

Since we had so much fun chattering about this 3-bedroom duplex down at 848 W. Roscoe in Lakeview last year on December 23, I thought we’d have at it again on the same day a year later. See our December 2010 chatter here. In the last year, it has been reduced another $67,000. If you […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom historic rowhouse on the popular “street of 40 doors” at 3814 N. Alta Vista Terrace in Lakeview in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. Back then, many of you thought this was a deal as it was listed out of the gate at $63,000 under the 2004 purchase […]

We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom house at 3352 N. Marshfield in Lakeview several times since it came on the market in March 2011. See our July 1, 2011 chatter here. In July, the house had reduced $30,000 to $469,900 but most of you thought it was still overpriced. Most of the guesses were around $375,000 […]

The listing for this 5-bedroom at 3180 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview says it has never been on the market before. The building was built in 1953. There are no pictures of the kitchen or bathrooms because the listing says you have to “make it your own.” It does, however, have new windows and tree […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 579 W. Hawthorne in Lakeview is located on the landmarked “Hawthorne Place District” which consists of a block of single family mansions on large lots. Here’s more from the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce: Hawthorne Place is one of the few streets along the city’s north shore that was developed for-and […]