Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom vintage cottage at 2421 N. New England in Montclare just came on the market. It is bank owned. The listing says it is “eligible under Freddie Mac First Look Initiative until 5/25/2012.” Built in 1916, it is just 835 square feet. There is no lot size listed but it has a big enough […]

  We last chattered about this 2-bedroom single family home at 1308 W. Addison in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in June 2009 when it was listed at $499,000. It sold just a few months later, in August 2009, for $470,000. See our prior chatter here. Most of you thought someone would be crazy to buy […]

Another full floor 2-bedroom has come on the market in the historic Patterson-McCormick Mansion at 1500 N. Astor in the Gold Coast. If you recall, we have chattered about Unit #6, owned by the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, which has been on and off the market since September 2008.  See our chatter on Unit #6 here. This […]

This vintage 2 bedroom at 2500 N. Orchard in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. It is a Fannie Mae Home Path property. The building was built in 1900. The unit has hardwood floors, a woodburning fireplace, stained glass and exposed brick. The listing says it has central air but doesn’t mention washer/dryer […]

We last chattered about this 1-bedroom (now turned 2-bedroom) at 840 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast a year ago. See our prior chatter here. Originally described as a “little piece of Paris”, it has a balcony that overlooks the park and Lake Shore Drive/the lake. At 1800 square feet, it is not your typical […]

This 2-bedroom second floor greystone unit at 1737 W. Melrose in West Lakeview came on the market in April 2012. It is rare to find a vintage greystone this far west in Lakeview. Most of them are near the lake front. The building is also wider than the normal Chicago lot at 37.5×125. This unit […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse in The Commodore at 550 W. Surf in Lakeview comes with an illustrious past. The prior listing said the living/dining room was the old ballroom and this tidbit from the Upper Bracket column in the Chicago Tribune from 2003 confirms it. On the sixth and top floor of the Commodore building, 550 W. Surf St., […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 2122 W. Balmoral in the Bowmanville neighborhood of Lincoln Square came on the market in March 2012. (The picture is of the townhouse complex- with another unit that sold earlier this year.) It recently reduced $5,000. Built in 1988, the townhouse has the preferred layout with all 3 bedrooms on the second floor. […]

As many of you know, I normally don’t cover suburban properties but for a historic house like The Mundy House at 185 Michaux Road in Riverside, I will break my own rule. Built in 1868 and designed by William LaBaron Jenney, a Chicago architect who specialized in commercial structures and is now known as the […]

Last January, we chattered about this 1100 square foot 1-bedroom in 1414 N. Wells in Old Town. See our prior chatter here. It was listed for $369,000 plus $30,000 for the parking or $399,000. Nearly all of you thought the listing price was nuts. Here were some of your comments: Laura: “Very pricey. $250K is more like […]