This 2-bedroom at 1304 W. Cornelia in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview recently came on the market. It last sold just 14 months ago. The second floor unit has the amenities buyers are looking for including central air, washer/dryer in the unit and garage parking. The vintage unit has hardwood floors throughout and a built-in […]
This 4-bedroom vintage home at 3625 N. Springfield in The Villa neighborhood of Irving Park recently came on the market. Many of you have probably seen comments in some threads (especially by Homedelete) referencing “the villa”. It is a landmark historic district established in 1907 just north of Addison and east of Pulaski in Irving Park. […]
This 3-bedroom corner unit in the Mies Van Der Rohe building at 860 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast just came on the market. This unit is in the Co-op of the two sister buildings (the other building is a condo.) Built in 1951, this building has deeded parking which is available with this unit […]
This 4-bedroom new construction single family home at 2628 W. Homer in the West Bucktown neighborhood of Logan Square has been on the market since February 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $100,000. Built on a 24×125 lot, the contemporary style home has a wall of glass facing the street. 3 out of […]
We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom in 235 W. Eugenie in Old Town several times over the past 3 1/2 years (that’s almost the entire time Crib Chatter has been in existence!) See our November 2010 chatter here. After many price reductions it finally sold for $42,500 under the 2004 purchase price. If you recall, the building […]
This 2-bedroom at 339 W. Barry in Lakeview came on the market in June 2011. Built in 1963/1964, and designed by Fridstein & Fitch, the building was Chicago’s first condominium building. Prior to this time, co-ops or rentals were the preferred high rise living arrangements. “Built on the site of an earlier symbol of luxury—a […]
We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom duplex down at 848 W. Roscoe in Lakeview several times over the last 9 months. See our April 2011 chatter here. In April, after another price reduction to $559,900, one of you guessed that the unit would sell for just $425,000 ultimately. Some of you scoffed but were looking at […]
This rehabbed 4-bedroom vintage brick bungalow at 4879 N. Mason in Jefferson Park came back on the market in July 2011. It had been bank owned the summer before. Built in 1922, the bungalow has been completely rehabbed from a 5-bedroom home into a 4-bedroom home with a finished basement. The second story, which previously […]
We last chattered about this 6-bedroom 2007 construction mansion at 2461 N. Geneva Terrace in Lincoln Park in May 2009 when the seller was trying to sell it for $6.2 million OR rent it out for $18,000 a month. See our prior chatter here. Since that time, a lis pendens foreclosure was filed against the […]