Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom vintage rowhouse at 1919 N. Lincoln Park West in East Lincoln Park in December 2009. See our prior chatter here. Most of you loved the location and vintage character but the discussion really revolved about the 2-car parking behind the rowhouse which the former listing said could have a 2-car garage […]

This 2-bedroom loft at 300 W. Grand in River North has been on the market since July 2012. It is bank owned. It has exposed brick but white ceilings along with hardwood floors in the main living areas. The bedrooms have carpeting. It appears that only one of the bedrooms has windows in it with […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom with a private terrace in The Pierre at 2100 N. Lincoln Park West in Lincoln Park in June 2012. See our prior chatter here. Back then, no one really had an opinion on the price but several of you commented that the terrace didn’t seem that private (with the […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom Victorian at 11216 S. Oakley in Morgan Park a year ago, in September 2011. See our prior chatter here. Most of you liked this neighborhood but were concerned about the maintenance on an older home on a large lot. Since our last chatter, the house has been reduced $50,000. […]

This 2-bedroom at 653 W. Buckingham in Lakeview came on the market in July 2012. But it had last sold just over two years ago in April 2010. It has a lot of its vintage features including dark wood window frames, a wood fireplace mantel, beamed ceilings and a built-in hutch in the dining room. […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom penthouse in 200 W. Grand in River North in July 2012. See our prior chatter here. The pictures in the listing in July did not seem to be professionally taken which many of you discussed. But I’m pleased to report that there appear to be new pictures on the listing […]

Burling is an interesting street north of Diversey as it has many vintage buildings yet few people venture down it. It lasts just one block. But this top floor 2-bedroom at 2900 N. Burling is within just a few blocks of Trader Joes, the movie theater and all the shops and restaurants of East Lakeview […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom Prairie style house with the front porch swing at 1310 W. Glenlake in Edgewater Glen in July 2012. See our prior chatter here. Back then, the house was listed at $729,000 and the Chatterati was nearly unanimous that it was overpriced. Way overpriced. Most said that anything over $700,000 would […]

This 2-bedroom in the historic Brewster at 2800 N. Pine Grove in East Lakeview recently came on the market. It is a short sale. Owners in this building are extremely loyal, with many living in the building for years (sometimes decades). The Brewster was built in 1896 as a luxury apartment building and it has internll […]

This 5-bedroom house at 3912 N. Lowell in Old Irving Park came on the market in March 2012. But before that it was on the market from 2008 until it sold in February 2012. I’m confused by this listing. I took a picture of this house all the way back in November 2010. One old […]