Crib Chatter

When I originally took the picture of this 3-bedroom single family home at 1911 W. Berenice in North Center, I thought it might be under contract before I even had a chance to post on it. It was, after all, a single family home with a garage in the Bell School District listed for $545,000. But […]

Loft lovers will tell you there’s something about the Donohue Annex at 727 S. Dearborn in Printers Row. Located just south of The Donohue at 711 S. Dearborn, the Annex was added in 1913. It is a concrete building (versus The Donohue’s timber.) It also still has the original elevator in the lobby (worth checking out […]

This condo-hotel unit at The Raffaello at 201 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast has been on and off the market since October 2011. The listing says it is bank owned. The condo-hotels were all the rage at the height of the housing boom. You own the hotel room which has a private, locked closet where you can […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Casablanca Lofts at 70 E. 18th in the South Loop came on the market in March 2012. In that time it has been reduced $15,000. This is a loft by name only as it doesn’t have the authentic features loft buyers look for which include timber or concrete ceilings, exposed […]

This 3-bedroom in the luxury high rise at 55 E. Erie in River North just came on the market. It is bank owned. The listing says it has 2028 square feet but the room sizes are estimated. From the pictures, it appears the kitchen and bathrooms are intact. The kitchen has granite counter tops, maples […]

  This 2-bedroom modern unit at 2157 W. Division in West Town has been on and off the market since March 2007. It appears to still be developer owned. The building is a 6-unit elevator building constructed in 2007. It has 10 foot floor to ceiling windows with cedar accents. The unit has upscale finishes […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1510 N. Cleveland in Old Town recently came on the market. The listing makes a point of saying that this is all brick construction. There is no cinder block on this building. At 2650 square feet, this unit is larger than some single family homes and many townhomes in the nearby […]

This 3-bedroom triplex at 2300 W. Armitage in Bucktown just came on the market. It has many unique features including an inlaid marble foyer and ebony floors. It has Phillipe Stark and Bizzaza baths. The kitchen has Fisher Paykel, Bosch and Viking appliances. Two of the bedrooms are on the second floor with the third […]

This 2-bedroom Lincoln Park townhouse at The Point at 2040 N. Lincoln, an enclave of townhouses at the intersection of Lincoln and Armitage in Lincoln Park, just came on the market.  (The pictures above is of the townhomes on Armitage.) It looks to be bank owned and is priced just $7,900 above the 2001 purchase […]

This top floor 3-bedroom at 3621 N. Wilton in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Lakeview has been on the market since December 2011. Built in 1894, it has its own separate entrance with staircase that leads into the unit. It has a massive entrance foyer with skylight. The original woodwork is intact with wood moldings and […]