Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom Victorian at 1726 N. Richmond in West Town just came on the market after a total rehab. If you’re wondering about the location, so did I. The listing has it as West Town but in the actual description it says it is a “gorgeous Logan Square gut rehab.” You can’t be both West […]

We’ve been chattering quite a bit about rehabbed properties like this 4-bedroom vintage brick bungalow at 5240 W. Cuyler in Portage Park. Built in 1916 on a 30×125 lot, it has a 2-car garage and is located just a block and a half from the Park. The listing says it’s a “gut renovation to the […]

This 6-bedroom greystone single family home at 3051 W. Logan Boulevard in Logan Square recently came on the market. (Thanks to DZ for the excellent picture.) It was previously a 2-flat and had been bank owned in 2009. The property has been renovated into a single family home with 6000 square feet. Built in 1910 […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Bank Note Lofts at 120 E. Cullerton in the South Loop recently came on the market. In July 2012, it was owned by the bank and sold at $177,500. You can see the pictures of the bank owned listing here. The corner loft has since been rehabbed with new hardwood […]

This 5-bedroom house at 3912 N. Lowell in Old Irving Park came on the market in March 2012. But before that it was on the market from 2008 until it sold in February 2012. I’m confused by this listing. I took a picture of this house all the way back in November 2010. One old […]

Sellers could learn a lot from the marketing of this 2-bedroom loft at 515 N. Noble in the Noble Square neighborhood of West Town. Back in March 2012, this was a bank owned unit. At 1000 square feet, it was a large 1-bedroom loft with 12 foot timber ceilings and exposed brick which sold for just $106,000 (parking included.) […]

We last chattered about this rehabbed 3-bedroom bungalow at 4437 N. Christiana in Albany Park in July 2012. See our July chatter here. Back in July, most of you liked the rehab but weren’t sold on the Albany Park location. If you remember, it last sold in January 2012 in an estate sale for just $140,000. […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1321 N. Bosworth in West Town came on the market in late August 2012. It was last bank owned and sold in June 2012. The prior listing when it was bank owned said: “This may be your project! Wicker Park -Bucktown area, spectacular duplex down! In need of some repairs […]

We chattered about this 2-bedroom loft at 1528 S. Wabash in the South Loop numerous times over the years as it went from a normal sale, to a short sale, to bank owned and then, this summer, to a flip. See our June 2012 chatter here. From the before and after pictures, it appeared that […]

Who says you can’t make money in real estate? This 2-bedroom at 2119 W. Crystal in the Wicker Park neighborhood of West Town came on the market on August 30 and in under 10 days it is already under contract. (Sorry for the bad picture but that massive tree in front blocked it from every […]