Crib Chatter

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 […]

We’ve chattered about this Portage Park 2-flat at 5341 W. Berteau several times over the last year. See our September 2011 chatter here. Back then, it was listed for $450,000 which all of you thought was too high to cash flow. Someone guessed that it would be more attractive around $350,000. Since then, the property […]

We last chattered about this 2-flat at 5341 W. Berteau in Portage Park in April 2011. See our prior chatter here. Back in April, most of you thought the list of $469,000 was way too high for a 2-flat outside of the Greenzone. It has been reduced just $19,000 since then. If you recall, it […]

This 3-bedroom vintage brick bungalow at 4054 N. Lawler in Portage Park has been on the market since March 2011. It was built in 1921 on a 40×125 corner lot. At 1707 square feet, all 3 bedrooms are on the main level. It also has a large 28×14 attic space. The house has some of […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom American 4-Square at 5316 W. Warner in Portage Park in October 2010. See our prior chatter here. Many of you didn’t think highly of the pictures which depicted the vintage rooms, some with wood beamed ceilings, as dark. Listed back then at $349,000, the house finally sold after 15 […]

I missed the closing in the spring on this 3-bedroom cottage at 4947 W. Pensacola in Portage Park. We chattered about it several times. See our November 2010 chatter here. It was an estate sale. Most of you thought- just from looking at the pictures- that it would need extensive renovation. At least one of you […]

Many of you are fans of this unique 4-bedroom Chicago bungalow at 5501 W. Cullom in Portage Park. We’ve been chattering about Portage Park recently so it makes sense to, once again, chatter about this home. Originally on the market in July 2009- we last chattered about it in May 2010 after it finally sold. […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian single family home at 4044 N. Lawler in Portage Park has been on and off the market since December 2007. In that time, it has been reduced $229,000. At $485,000, it is still among the 10 most expensive listings in the Portage Park neighborhood. Built in 1906, the house still has some […]

This vintage 2-flat at 5341 W. Berteau in Portage Park recently came on the market for the first time in 20 years. Built in 1918 it has some of its vintage features intact including hardwood floors, stained glass, crown molding and dining room built-ins. According to the listing, it has also had updates, including skylights, […]

This 7-bedroom brick bungalow at 4311 N. Marmora in Portage Park came on the market last week. It was bank owned a year ago and sold in July 2010. Back then, it was a 5 bedroom, 2 bath house that needed work. It was missing its appliances and had no central air. Today, it has […]