New Kitchen and Baths in this Vintage 3-Bedroom: 2500 N. Orchard in Lincoln Park
This 2-bedroom in 2500 N. Orchard in East Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2018.
This building was constructed in 1900 and has 6 units.
If this building looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it, and this exact unit, in 2012.
Back then, this unit was bank owned.
Some of you thought it should be a rental unit but that an investor might buy it around $300,000. Listed at $330,630, it ended up selling for $302,000.
See our May 2012 chatter here.
Now, it’s back on the market with a whole new look.
Much of the drywall has been removed to expose the vintage brick underneath.
The ceiling in the living room and kitchen has also been removed so that there are exposed beams and electrical.
The listing says there are new windows and new dark hardwood floors.
The kitchen is also brand new with white cabinets and stainless steel appliances with a breakfast island.
There is a master suite with a renovated master bath.
The listing says the second bedroom has a customized closet.
The second bathroom has also been renovated.
There are two outdoor spaces, in front off the living room and a back deck.
There’s no parking but the listing says “easy street parking.”
However, it does have other features buyers look for including central air and washer/dryer in the building.
The listing says it’s 1500 square feet, but the last listing had it as 1389 square feet (some of you questioned the square footage in 2012 when it was also 1500 square feet.)
Will the renovation get this condo its $500,000 price tag?
Clifford Rees at Dream Town Realty has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #2N: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1500 square feet
- Sold in May 1989 for $198,000
- Sold in May 1992 for $199,500
- Sold in October 1992 for $177,500
- Sold in December 1996 for $214,000
- Lis pendens foreclosure filed in November 2010
- Bank owned in January 2012
- Listed in May 2012 for $330,630
- Sold in July 2012 for $302,000
- Sold in March 2015 for $375,000
- Currently listed for $500,000
- Assessments of $257 a month (includes exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $6610
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- No parking
- Bedroom #1: 14×12
- Bedroom #2: 11×10
- Bedroom #3: 11×10
- Living room: 13×15
- Kitchen: 10×15
- Laundry room: 4×8
That interior does not match the exterior at all. Vintage? It’s more like modern loft-style with poor natural light.
I think it’ll be tricky to find a buyer for this property as vintage lovers are attracted to the building, but then they’ll be taken aback by the open beams, exposed brick, and all the other loft-like features. (It’s just missing the exposed ductwork to complete the look). Doesn’t have a cozy/vintage feel at all, which would be okay if it was an industrial building converted to a loft, but it’s not. Still, fantastic location so somebody will probably swoop it up, but the buyer pool is definitely smaller than it would be if the style was consistent throughout.
That ceiling looks terrible and exposed bricks make this place look really dark and dreary.
I would want to know what the noise transference is like without a proper ceiling. I would hate to be the upstairs neighbor of this unit. I’m shocked that the building allowed these people to remove the ceiling.
Agreed, I am turned off by the exposed ceiling beams and the brick walls. If I bought it, i would definitely dry-wall it up.
They made it so that you hear more of your upstairs neighbor, not less.
I have to think that the attraction to this location is having kids and a 3-bed with no parking is an issue.
Also, having to walk through the master to get to the back deck is less than ideal.
Agree – – interior and exterior don’t match. What is it with people taking amazing materials like marble tile for a bath and then adding decorative work here and there and making it busy? These are classic materials and that silly inset in the stall shower just makes me mad.
Lemme get this straight: this is a second floor unit in what looks to be structurally a typical vintage six-flat? And they have exposed ceilings like those? Not only are they going to get tons of noise from above (and their upstairs neighbors from them) – unless sound attenuation has been done on the floor above – it’s also a fire trap! Those joists will burn quick and I don’t see sprinklers (and why would you in a six-flat?). And all those exposed brick is going to be cold in winter (I’m picturing condensation, as well as hot in summer) and be hard to maintain over time – this kind of building was thrown up quicker by less skilled masons than a warehouse building. I question the aesthetic choices of traditional trim and cabinetry with the exposed brick (my neighbors when I was a kid had it in the 70’s and it was covered back up by 1990) “loft” look but that’s fixable or to somebody’s personal taste.
Those exposed ceilings look awful and like someone was just too cheap to finish them. I actually love lofts, I’ve noticed that there’s been some push back on lofts on here recently, but this one just doesn’t hit it for me.
I actually like the brick. I think if the ceilings were finished, you could put some interesting crown molding up that would be vintage-enough feeling for the rest of the finishes to work.
This unit does feel cramped. For 500k people want a place for a dining table and easier access to their patio. For that price you might as well get a 2 bed, 2 bath with more living space.
FG – – among other problems with exposed brick is dust! The brick is perennially in a state of disintegration and there will be brick dust everywhere.
Where is the second floor plan???
The listing states 1500SF LOLZ!
CUBBIES!!!!
I second everything Bluedog said.
its a two bedroom with an extra room stolen from dining area.
closed at $488k, August.