Crib Chatter

This 1-bedroom coach house at 1226 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in December 2025. 1226 N. Dearborn Parkway was built in 1901 and has a mansion house in the front (see above) and several coach houses with their own private entrances, behind the main house. There are 13 units […]

This 3-bedroom coach house at 119 W. Chestnut in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2023. Built in 1920, there are 9 units in the building including this coach house in the back. There is a private dog park next to the building and a shared rooftop deck with city views. If […]

This 2-bedroom free standing coach house at 1234 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in July 2023. Built in 1903, this is a 6 unit condo association with a small, luxury condo building in the front, and this free standing coach house in the back, which became condos in 1998. […]

This 3-bedroom coach house at 1450 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2023. Built in 1890, it has 6 units and some garage parking. The coach house sits behind the vintage building in the picture above. It has 3 levels of “single family living.” The first floor has the […]

This 1-bedroom 2-story coach house at 1226 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2023. Built in 1901, this coach house is part of a 13 unit condo association which includes the building in front of it, as seen above, and several other coach houses surrounding a shared interior […]

This multi-unit vintage property at 1708 N. Sedgwick in Old Town came on the market in August 2022. The main house was built in 1888 and the listing says it’s a Victorian. It’s on a bigger than average Chicago lot measuring 25×144. The coach house is above the 2-car garage and fronts on cute Fern […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1936 N. Sedgwick in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2021. Built in 1880, the main house and garage, which has a studio coach house apartment on the second level, are all brick. It’s built on a standard Chicago lot measuring 24 x 124. The listing says […]

This 3-bedroom coach house in 119 W. Chestnut in the Gold Coast came on the market in July 2020. Built in 1920, there are 9 units but this is the 3-story coach house in the back. The listing says it has both front and back entrances. The living room, which has soaring ceilings, is on […]

This 2-bedroom coach house at 337 W. Armitage in East Lincoln Park just came on the market (this is the back alley entrance). If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it numerous times between 2011 and 2013. You can see our chatter here. Last time, most of you liked the property but felt […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom coach house in the Gaslight Village at 809 W. Oakdale in April 2013. See our previous chatter here. In April there was a lot of talk about the taxes being nearly $15,000 for a property in an attached building that is part of a condo association. The coach house […]