Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom at 3900 N. Pine Grove, in the Coronado, in East Lakeview recently came on the market. It’s a short sale. (The listing has the address wrong- it has it as 3900 W. Pine Grove). The building has 101 units. This unit faces west and has a balcony. It also has amenities buyers are […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom unit at 545 W. Aldine in East Lakeview in August 2009. See our prior chatter and pictures here. Since then, the unit has been reduced by $74,500. It has many of the bells and whistles that buyers are looking for including central air, garage parking, and, rare for lakeview, […]

We last chattered about this Victorian vintage 2-bedroom at 4110 N. Southport in Lakeview in September 2009. See our prior chatter and pictures here. The unit has a full-sized dining room with vintage built-ins as well as a generous sized kitchen which would make it ideal for throwing sophisticated dinner parties. It also has the […]

We’ve chattered quite a bit about the big duplex down condo units being an alternative to the single family home but what about the other way around? This 3-bedroom 1906 home at 3505 N. Marshfield in Lakeview was recently reduced $26,000. The house has maintained some of its vintage features including wood floors and built-ins. […]

This 2-flat 1904 greystone at 1462 W. Irving Park Road in Lakeview just came on the market. It is bank owned. The building has some of its vintage features intact, such as hardwood floors, fireplaces and built-ins. There is no central air (window units) but there is a 2-car garage. Each unit is 3 bedrooms […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up unit at 800 W. Cornelia in the heart of Lakeview has many of the features of a single family home with the benefits of being a condo. It is on the top floor of a 4-story elevator building and has its own 20×14 private terrace and balcony. The master bedroom and family […]

We’ve chattered many times about the large pre-war buildings along Lake Shore Drive on both the North and South Sides of the city. But there exist a smattering of smaller pre-war buildings outside of the Lake Shore Drive corridor as well. This 3 bedroom unit at 504 W. Barry, a 1o-unit elevator building that was […]

This 1-bedroom modern unit at 340 W. Diversey in Lakeview is the result of a 6-month down to the studs complete renovation that took it into the new century. The unit was formerly a two bedroom but now is a spacious one bedroom with a huge 20×34 living/dining space. There are no traditional cherry cabinets […]

We chattered about this 2-bedroom vintage unit at 739 W. Brompton in October 2009. See our chatter and pictures here. The unit went under contract quickly and recently closed. It was extra wide with a renovated kitchen. But it kept a lot of its vintage features including a wood burning fireplace with antique mantle. Mary […]

This 3-bedroom vintage single family home at 3623 N. Hermitage in the North Center neighborhood of Lakeview recently came on the market. The good news is, all three bedrooms are on the second floor, it has 2.5 baths, central air and a 2 car garage. The bad news is it’s only 1134 square feet. The listing […]