Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about a lot of houses that have been renovated but the rehabbers are out doing the same in condo units like this 2-bedroom at 1660 N. LaSalle in Old Town. The listing says it has been “renovated by the renowned designer David Yates.” You can see pictures of what the unit looked like […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home at 2334 W. Diversey in Logan Square in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. It had been a 3-bedroom short sale that sold for $138,000 and then was gut rehabbed into 5-bedroom “new” single family house listed at $849,000. Most of you mocked the price […]

This rehabbed 4-bedroom vintage brick bungalow at 4879 N. Mason in Jefferson Park came back on the market in July 2011. It had been bank owned the summer before. Built in 1922, the bungalow has been completely rehabbed from a 5-bedroom home into a 4-bedroom home with a finished basement. The second story, which previously […]

We last chattered about this 1-bedroom at 546 W. Surf in East Lakeview in July 2011. See our prior chatter here. It had been a bank owned unit that finally sold for $77,400, which was $7500 over the last list price because there were multiple offers. A few weeks ago, it came back on the […]

This 5-bedroom vintage single family home at 2311 N. Nagle in Belmont Cragin recently came on the market. In April 2011, it sold for just $30,000 but has since been rehabbed. Formerly 4 bedrooms and 2 baths an in need of “extensive work”, the house now has 5 bedrooms and 3 baths in an open […]

This 3-bedroom Victorian at 2633 N. Central Park in Logan Square was in dire straits in November 2010. It was bank owned and the listing called it “not habitable.” It listing said it needed “to be rehabbed and brought back to life.” It had some of its vintage features including trim, original hardwood floors and […]

The biggest story of Chicago’s real estate market in 2011 appears to be the number of  single family homes that are being bought, remodeled, and then re-listed at much higher prices such as this 4-bedroom home at 3122 N. Spaulding in Avondale. Built in 1888 on a standard 25×125 lot, the frame house had been […]

Thanks to the astute reader who tipped me off to this 2-bedroom in the historic Brewster at 2800 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview which just came back on the market. We have chattered about this unit several times before because earlier this year it was bank owned. See our May 2011 chatter here. It finally […]

This 2-bedroom just came on the market in the Water Tower Place Condominiums at 180 E. Pearson in the Gold Coast. Constructed in 1975, with 260 units, the building is still considered one of the premier luxury high rises in the city. Its most famous resident was Oprah Winfrey. This 2-bedroom unit sold a year […]

Some of you may remember this property at 1824 W. Cuyler in North Center. Even though we didn’t chatter about it in a post, the then 2-flat was discussed in the comments section several times because it was a property on a standard Chicago lot of 25×120 listed for just $204,900 in what is considered […]