This 4-bedroom home at 3037 N. Seminary in Lakeview looks more like a southern home than the north side of Chicago with its big front porch. This 1890s farmhouse has all the modern amenities while keeping its vintage pedigree intact. It has the original crown moldings but space pak cooling. Three out of the four […]
We chattered about this bank owned single family home at 2823 N. Racine in Lakeview back in July. It is still available and has now been reduced another $43,000. It is now listed for $238,200 under the 2003 purchase price. Anyone been in it? Jason Shapiro at Rising Realty LLC still has the listing. See […]
Just a month ago we chattered about this vintage East Lakeview greystone at 657 W. Roscoe that seemed to have it all except parking. See our prior chatter and pictures here. It went under contract shortly after our chatter and just closed for $25,000 under the 2002 purchase price. The 3-bedroom home had a renovated kitchen, central air and […]
We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom vintage unit at 3400 N. Lake Shore Drive twice in the last year. See our last chatter in May 2008 here. Since October 2008, it has been reduced by $102,000. It is now listed just $9,000 over its 2006 purchase price. If you recall, this unit is unique because it […]
Forget new construction. They really knew how to build them back in 1924 as they did with this elegant building at 739 W. Brompton in Lakeview. An extra wide unit, at 28 feet, just came on the market. It has a full-sized dining room as well as a sunroom. Yes, that is a wood burning fireplace, with antique mantle, […]
This Beaux Arts building at 3314 N. Lake Shore Drive is unique on the Drive because it was built in 1916, not in the late 1920s like many nearby buildings, and it has attention to detail rarely seen since. It was the first shoreline high rise apartment building built north of North Avenue and it was built […]
We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom cottage home at 1750 W. Grace in Lakeview several times before. See our June 2009 chatter here. It is still on the market and has been reduced another $15,000. It is now listed $25,000 under the 2006 purchase price. The listing says it’s a great alternative to a condo. It has a […]
This 1-bedroom unit just came on the market at 3550 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview, a complex that was built in 1962. The listing says the unit cannot be shown because of “extensive mold issues.” The listing also says it’s being sold “as-is” by the office of the Public Guardian. You need to sign a special […]
We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom vintage unit at 507 W. Aldine in East Lakeview several times since last February. See our first chatter and pictures in February 2009 here. It had seen numerous reductions before it finally went under contract early in the summer. But suddenly, it has come back on the market at the […]
This 2-bedroom fee simple single family home at 1802 W. Diversey in West Lakeview just might be the kind of space that many buyers have been looking for. The home offers the privacy of a single family home without the maintenance of one. It is located in a gated community and has a homeowner’s fee. The house […]