Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this historic 6-bedroom historic mansion at 817 W. Hutchinson in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown several times over the last 2 years. See our October 2012 chatter here. The Claude Seymour House is one of the many historic mansions that line Hutchinson on this landmarked block. The Elite Street column in the […]

This 3-bedroom cottage at 2526 W. Thomas in West Town is looking for its third sale of 2013. It sold in a judicial sale in April 2013 for $106,500. According to Redfin, it came back on the market in June and sold in just weeks for $160,000. It then came back on the market again […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom duplex at 39 E. Schiller in the Gold Coast in early July 2013. See our previous chatter here. But we had chattered about it several times before that, as it was a short sale and then was bank owned before being renovated and coming back on the market this […]

This 4-bedroom co-op at 233 E. Walton in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2013. The building was built in 1922 with 1 unit per floor. There are only 13 units in the building. If you look closely enough at the listing pictures, you’ll realize that the floors in many of the […]

This 2-bedroom vintage unit at 3534 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview just came on the market. It is bank owned. The building was built in 1924 so this unit has the pre-war features like tall ceilings, hardwood floors, crown molding, generous room sizes and a big entry foyer. The kitchen has white cabinets and […]

We haven’t chattered about The Marquee at 1464 S. Michigan in the South Loop in awhile. The building started closings in 2008 just as the housing bust was beginning. This 2-bedroom on the 7th floor recently came on the market. This is one of the east facing corner units with the larger corner terrace. It has hardwood floors […]

This 2-bedroom at 1529 S. State in the South Loop came on the market in mid-July of 2013. It’s hard to believe that this building was built in 2001 so it’s now 12 years old. A lot of the high rises in the South Loop are no longer “new.” This unit is a corner unit […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom coach house in the Gaslight Village at 809 W. Oakdale in April 2013. See our previous chatter here. In April there was a lot of talk about the taxes being nearly $15,000 for a property in an attached building that is part of a condo association. The coach house […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom penthouse loft at 3133 N.  Lakewood in Lakeview in June 2013. See our previous chatter here. At that time, it had come on the market for $110,000 more than its 2010 purchase price at $710,000. Some of you thought it was overpriced. It is still on the market and […]

This 2-bedroom in The Whitney at 1301 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast just came on the market. The listing calls it a “modern renovation.” The kitchen has custom cabinets, quartz counter tops and stainless steel appliances. The master bath has a floating vanity and large shower. The corner unit has limestone floors in […]