Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom single family home at 1808 W. Diversey Parkway in Lakeview has been mentioned several times in the comments but we’ve never actually chattered about it. It is bank owned. Built in 1996, it is located in the gated community next to the railroad tracks north of Diversey, but this house appears to NOT be […]

This 2-bedroom coach house at 3042 N. Wolcott in North Center just came on the market. It’s a bit unusual for a coach house, however, because it’s not behind a main house. The listing says it fronts Wolcott on the corner but it doesn’t list how big the lot size is. The listing also says […]

We’ve chattered about this 2-flat at 2014 W. Addison in North Center several times before. It had been a bank foreclosure that finally sold in March 2012 for just $200,000. It came on the market last summer as a quick flip for $439,000 and was quickly reduced to $399,900 but it didn’t sell and was […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 3157 N. Honore in North Center came on the market in February. These are selling fast as there is a sister 3-bedroom in the same complex with the same square footage that is already under contract. You can see pictures of that one at 3147 N. Honore here for comparison. This […]

There’s been plenty of new construction of multi-unit buildings on some of the main arteries in the GZ recently, most notably on Diversey, Belmont, Irving Park and also on Ashland. But now there are several new buildings going up on Western at 4042 N. Western and 4046 N. Western in North Center. I’ll highlight 4042 N. Western since all […]

We last chattered about this 3-flat at 1832 W. Addison in North Center in August 2012. (Yes- I finally have the right neighborhood on this one.) See our prior chatter here. And while our discussion evolved into whether or not it would be better to buy property in Berwyn versus this building, several of you […]

This 2-bedroom in Welbourn Row at 2143 W. Wellington in the Hamlin Park neighborhood of North Center came on the market in July 2012. At 1300 square feet, it has a lot of the features buyers look for including both bedrooms having completely enclosed walls and windows. The unit has central air, washer/dryer in the […]

Thanks to anon(tfo) who pointed out that the 2-flat at 2014 W. Addison in North Center that we last chattered about in September 2010 when it was a short sale, finally sold and has come back on the market as a flip. See our 2010 chatter here. The listing now says it’s “not a short […]

We’ve been chattering about this 3-bedroom single family home at 1911 W. Berenice in North Center since November 2011. See our last chatter in May 2011 here. It recently did a drama price reduction of $40,000 and has now been reduced $96,000 to $449,000. In May, some of you thought this had to go under […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 2240 W. Barry in North Center came on the market in April 2012. It has a rare feature for a city home: 4 car parking. Apparently, the garage is huge and can fit 4 cars (with two being tandem.) The house was built in 1891 on a standard 25×125 […]