No Granite or Stainless Steel: 2724 N. Pine Grove in Lincoln Park
Location, location, location!
Have you ever walked on North Pine Grove near Diversey and just smiled? There is something nice about the street.
2724 N. Pine Grove is one of the classic vintage courtyard buildings that dot the area. It was built in 1931.
Unit #3 is on the market and has had one price reduction. It doesn’t have a washer/dryer in the unit (but apparently it can be added) and there is only rental parking.
It does have a decorative fireplace, archways, crown molding and a full-sized dining room.
It’s the first unit that I have seen for awhile that celebrates its non-remodeled kitchen with several photographs.
No granite, stainless steel, or dark oak 42 inch cabinets.
How refreshing.
Unit #3: 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, diningroom
- Sold in August 1999 for $210,000
- Originally listed for $325,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $309,000 (parking is rental nearby for $225 a month)
- Assessments of $382 a month
- Window units (no central air)
- The Jelinek Group at Coldwell Banker has the listing
A real kitchen with a window over the sink makes it way more attractive to me than a tiny galley with granite
(Okay – I admit I have never liked granite)
This is such a beautiful apartment for such a reasonable price that I’d forgive the sterile white 80s kitchen.
The place is gorgeous and $309K seems ultra-reasonable considering that this is SOUTH of Diversey and is in Lincoln Park. I never thought I’d see a really great two-bed with full dining room in Lincoln Park for such a price ever again.
This seller is ahead of the pack, and this price tells us where things are going, especially with the great increase in deliquencies and foreclosures, especially on Alt-A and prime loans.
I wouldn’t say the kitchen has not been remodeled, just not for the past 20+ years. The apartment is nice, and the price seems not too bad either… You would need to spend 15-20k on a new kitchen (including adding hoop-ups for a w/d) I don’t even think the assessments are that out of line.
Hum. Granite and stainles steel. I am planning on putting this in my new kitchen. You guys make me question my decision!
Further, I know someone who rents a place very similar to this, albiet not as in good of condition for I think $1900.00 per month + parking. (It is a 2br 2ba.) With 20% down she would be paying around $2000 per month (Guess)for this place including the parking. Seems like that is not a bad deal.
I spend a lot of time there, and (gasp) I really don’t like that area. Lakeview is noisy at all hours of the morning, and if can find parking you are SUPER lucky. It is very dense over there.
Parking is hard to find in regular Lakeview. In that part of Lakeview with the highrises it is impossible.
if you live in that part of lakeview, you don’t need to have parking. Particularly now that there are car sharing services!
Parking is tough in that area but it is a neighborhood with enough nearby that you don’t actually need a car. Good public transportation as well.
I like this place and the price isn’t too crazy. My guess, however, is that due to the lack of central A/C, Washer + Dryer, “outdated” kitchen and no parking, it will end up selling closer to $250,000.
Actually, this is not Lakeview. This really is Lincoln Park, which tends to be a little more expensive.
Who needs parking in a neighborhood that possesses every other amenity known to the human race, and delivers it to your front door? There is no other nabe in the midwest quite like the Lincoln Park-Lakeview axis.
Jason, go with your taste and feel good about your granite.Too bad it’s been so overdone. I love the granite and steel, and believe we’ve found a classic look here, with natural materials, vs. the petroleum product like formica and corian that were used previously. Look at the reconstituted stone countertops, too- they are more expensive, but come in even more colors. Steel appliances make much more sense than colors that look ridiculous 5 years later, or the white that gets dingy and yellow over time.
Watch out for black appliances- they look great when new, but I’ve found the hard way that the black enamal chips and clouds and otherwise deteriorates very quickly, making for very ugly appliances within a few years of purchase. Everyone I know who has them has had this bad experience with them.
Thanks.
As far as parking is concerned, I already have a car and need it to drive back and forth to Michigan. (Also have a dog, so can’t take the train.)
Yes, I am going granite and SS. I’ll send pics when it is done.
$250,000.00 would be a steal for that place.
Jason,
I suggest Quartz, marble, or limestone. Quartz is the most practical. Most of my buyers are shying away from granite these days…too common.
I recently redid my kitchen with white cabinets, crown molding, aged brass fixtures, marble counters (NOT PRACTICAL) and SS. If I could afford it, I would have had the built in appliances with cabinet fronts etc and just a SS stove.
OK I’ll take a look.
SR–how does the price of quartz compare to those manufactured stone counters? Do you think manufactured stone of today is the corian of tomorrow?
When I was looking, quartz was more than granite. I think quartz or marble is the way to go if you want to do white countertops with dark cabinets. What I think really looks dated and hideous are the leopard-print looking granites with all the crazy browns and the black granite that has giant, sparkly flecks in it. I really love concrete countertops but I don’t know anyone who will do them for even close to the cost of granite.
I also like stainless steel countertops, but I’ve heard they get scratched really easily…but maybe you could just call them “distressed” and start a trend. I also like zinc, but I think it’s really expensive. Terazzo and recycled glass tops can be nice if the colors aren’t too crazy.
I had reclaimed SS restaurant countertops with integrated real double sinks in my house and loved it.
It does scratch – but after having been scrubbed hundreds of times, the whole piece was slightly matte – no one scratch was noticeable.
Watch out for marble. It’s a beautiful stone, but I’d never, never ever use it in the kitchen after what I saw happening to a bar top made of it. I once had a dining table topped in black marble, and it chipped for no reason.
It is very fragile, soft, and porous. It cracks and chips easily, and absorbs stains. Travertine even more so. I’m not sure which is the harder surface, marble or travertine.
It’s suitable for a bath that gets used gently, but I’d really rather reserve it for a table top on a side table,or some other surface that doesn’t get wet on a regular basis.
Granite is a very tough stone that doesn’t absorb every stain, isn’t bothered by things like vinegar, and doesn’t crack easy. Some people are using concrete with interesting effects, and the reconstitued stone is very tough.
You are all correct regarding marble. It looks great but isn’t practical. If you get 1 drop of coffee on it, it stains. I use a lot of large cutting boards.
I investigated all counter options before redoing my current kitchen. I’ve done 2 kitchens in 2 years so I learned my mistakes the first time. yes, the earlier kitchen was the cherry, blue vulga granite, and SS. So this time, I looked into Quartz/Silstone, limestone, glass counters, marble, granite, butcher block, paper counts (yes counters made of recycled condensed paper), etc.
So, here is the price break downs from highest to lowest
-Enviroglass (basically manmade with chunks of glass-nice in modern kitchens)
-Silstone/Quartz
-Limeston
-Granite/Marble (same price)
-laminate
I just didn’t want granite (everyone has it), so it came down to quartz/marble. I just couldn’t bring myself to paying more for manufactured counters, so I went with marble.
Besutiful results but you have to be very careful
Sorry if this is a dual post but what about the DuPont Corian? I saw it this weekend, and Liked it. The sink was built right in, it was all one piece and had a sleek look.