Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home at 3625 N. Springfield in The Villa neighborhood of Irving Park several times before. See our December 2011 chatter here. Originally listed at $1.2 million, we chattered about whether a house could really sell for over a million in The Villa which is filled with smaller bungalow […]

This 2-bedroom on the 91st floor of the John Hancock Center at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast has been on the market since August 2011. In that time it has been reduced $205,000 and is now listed at $995,000. The south facing unit was a 3-bedroom but has been opened up to a […]

This 31st floor 2-bedroom with city views in the Olympia Center at 161 E. Chicago in Streeterville first came on the market in February 2011. Since that time it has been reduced 21%. This is no small 2-bedroom. It has 1853 square feet with a split bedroom floorplan which includes an actual entrance foyer. The […]

This 3-bedroom vintage rowhouse at 19 S. Oakley in the far West Loop came on the market in February 2012. It was previously bank owned in 2008 when it sold “as-is” for just $125,000. The listing says it has all new kitchen and baths. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel […]

We’ve chattered about other units in this collection of midrise buildings at 333 W. Belden in East Lincoln Park before. At 3000 square feet, this duplex up has more space than many single family homes or newer duplex downs. 3 of the 4 bedrooms are on the second level and it has one outdoor space. […]

First off, the picture sucks (I know!). I didn’t realize how bad it was until hours later but by then I was in another neighborhood so we’re stuck with it for now. But if you’re looking for unique, this original Chicago firehouse at 1357 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park is it. The 2-flat has exposed brick and timber […]

This bank owned 2-bedroom in 111 E. Chestnut in the Gold Coast came on the market in late May 2012. Nearly a month later, it is still available and has been reduced $26,925. It is one of the larger 2 bedroom floor plans at 1600 square feet. It has south, east and west views from […]

We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom full floor penthouse at 247 E. Chestnut in Streeterville before. See our March 2011 chatter here. Some of you may also recognize it from 2010 publicity about an auction of the property (as it was owned by an emmy winning soap opera writer.) See that story here. Back in March […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1943 W. Roscoe in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of North Center recently came on the market. It was built in 1999 on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125. It has the features buyers look for including central air and a 2-car garage. Three of the four bedrooms are on […]

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 […]