Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom single family home at 2023 W. Cortland in Bucktown came on the market in February 2012. Built on a smaller than average Chicago lot of 24×100, it has 4 outdoor spaces including a walled in front terrace. The house has an open floor plan. The listing describes the kitchen as a “chef’s kitchen” […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom home at 3526 N. Marshfield in Lakeview in March 2012 See our prior chatter here. I thought this house might sell quickly given its price and location. However, after 48 days on the market it has reduced $11,000. If you recall, the house was built in 1889. It is […]

  This 4-bedroom on the 14th floor at 399 W. Fullerton in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. The co-op building was built in 1927 and is on the National Historic Register. There are 32 units with the elevator opening to two units per floor. The building has two tiers of units, the East Tier […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Meter Building at 835 N. Wood in West Town has gotten its fair share of publicity as it was recently featured in the New York Times for homes under $500,000. It came on the market in December 2011 at $495,000 and has not had any price reductions. The south facing […]

This 3-bedroom top floor unit at 3823 N. Ashland in Lakeview came on the market 10 months ago. This building was completed in 2008 and has an elevator. This unit does NOT face Ashland but has a city and Wrigley Field view. It has two outdoor spaces including a terrace off the family room and […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 712 N. Throop in the Noble Square neighborhood of West Town came on the market in February 2012. The house has a lot of features buyers look for. Built in 1999 on a 25×100 lot, it has a 2 car garage attached garage and central air. The master suite and […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom top floor unit at 2657 N. Burling in East Lincoln Park in January 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it had 9 of the 13 “unicorn criteria” that anonny was looking for for his condo dream home in East Lincoln Park. Listed for $364,000, many of […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom vintage bungalow at 4054 N. Lawler in Portage Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. No surprise, but most of you thought the house was overpriced for a property that still needed some work (especially going up against rehabbed foreclosures with everything “new.”) Many thought it should […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian at 1805 W. Cornelia in Roscoe Village in North Center just came on the market. It is built on a double Chicago lot of 50×125. The house has a koi pond, a pergola with fire pit and a dog run. However, there doesn’t appear to be a garage or any off street parking. Two […]

We last chattered about this new construction 3-unit building at 1022 W. Diversey in January 2012 (where we were hoping for snow which never came!) See our January 2012 chatter here. At that time, just the second floor 2/2 was on the market and it was listed for $474,900. At least one of you didn’t […]