Archive for the 'Neighborhoods/Suburbs' Category
We last chattered about this 4-bedroom brick cottage at 1234 N. Marion in Wicker Park in September 2010. Check out our prior interesting discussion about the mortgages and whether or not this is a teardown here. Some thought tearing it down would be problematic because there is no alley- only the side driveway. Financedoc also posted […]
October 17th, 2012 | Posted in Foreclosures, Single family homes, Wicker Park | 16 Comments
This 2-bedroom at 10 E. Delaware, the newer construction high rise in the Gold Coast, has been on and off the market since January 2010. It recently came back on the market listed as a 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath unit with the listing saying “2nd bed is den/office.” A den/office usually doesn’t have a closet. In Chicago, to be a […]
October 16th, 2012 | Posted in Gold Coast | 28 Comments
We’ve been chattering quite a bit about rehabbed properties like this 4-bedroom vintage brick bungalow at 5240 W. Cuyler in Portage Park. Built in 1916 on a 30×125 lot, it has a 2-car garage and is located just a block and a half from the Park. The listing says it’s a “gut renovation to the […]
October 16th, 2012 | Posted in Portage Park, Rehabs, Single family homes | 20 Comments
This 2-bedroom penthouse at 340 W. Superior in River North has been on the market since June 2012. It has an open floorplan with a double-sided fireplace in the living room and dining room. You can see the 1200 square foot terrace from anywhere in the living/dining room as it wraps around the unit. The kitchen […]
October 16th, 2012 | Posted in River North | 44 Comments
This 3-bedroom in The Montgomery at 500 W. Superior in River North has some unique finishes. The listing says it is architect owned and has finishes out of the pages of architectural digest and the Merchandise Mart. It has 10 foot ceilings and a top of the line kitchen with luxury upgrades. The bathrooms are […]
October 15th, 2012 | Posted in River North | 32 Comments
This 6-bedroom greystone single family home at 3051 W. Logan Boulevard in Logan Square recently came on the market. (Thanks to DZ for the excellent picture.) It was previously a 2-flat and had been bank owned in 2009. The property has been renovated into a single family home with 6000 square feet. Built in 1910 […]
October 15th, 2012 | Posted in Logan Square, Rehabs, Single family homes | 122 Comments
This 3-bedroom in 550 N. St. Clair in Streeterville recently came on the market. It has one of the preferred views- north and west- which overlooks Michigan Avenue. This building was new construction in 2007. It has concrete ceilings and a modern kitchen and baths. The kitchen has Subzero and Bosch appliances and the larger […]
October 15th, 2012 | Posted in Streeterville | 31 Comments
We last chattered about this 1-bedroom in the Neopolitan at 1212 N. Wells in Old Town in August 2012. See our August 2012 chatter here. We mainly debated whether or not it now made sense to buy this kind of property instead of renting for thousands of dollars a month directly across the street in […]
October 12th, 2012 | Posted in Foreclosures, Old Town | 62 Comments
We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom Queen Anne at 6239 N. Lundy in the Old Edgebrook neighborhood of Forest Glen several times over the last few years. See our last chatter in November 2011 here. Nearly a year ago, the house was listed at $799,000. It has since been reduced again and is now listed at $729,000. Out […]
October 12th, 2012 | Posted in Old Edgebrook, Single family homes | 9 Comments
This 4-bedroom single family home at 6740 N. Wildwood in the Wildwood neighborhood of Forest Glen just came on the market. Built in 1949, the listing calls it a “jumbo Lannon stone Georgian.” It’s on an oversized 45×152 lot (as are most of the homes in this neighborhood. Wildwood is a unique Chicago neighborhood with […]
October 12th, 2012 | Posted in Forest Glen, Single family homes, Wildwood | 48 Comments