Crib Chatter

This 7-bedroom Queen Anne Victorian at 1904 W. Patterson in North Center has been on and off the market since April 2015. We last chattered about it in 2016 when the sales price was much higher. Back then, some of you saw this as a possible Bed and Breakfast and didn’t think the price was […]

This 6-bedroom custom single family home at 550 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview first came on the market in May 2010. If it looks familiar, that’s because we’ve chattered about it twice before, with the last time in March 2013. Back then, it was listed for over $3 million and we debated whether this East […]

This 4-bedroom single family house at 4033 N. Laramie in Portage Park came on the market in February. (Photo courtesy of Icarus.) It’s not your standard single family home, however, as it really has an in-law unit in the lower level, complete with its own separate entrance, kitchen, and family room. The two units share […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 3220 N. New England in the Schorsch Village neighborhood of Dunning came on the market in November 2017. Schorsch Village is a west side neighborhood of single family homes built from the late 1920s to the 1950s. The homes built in the 1930s and 1940s were mostly English bungalows […]

This 6-bedroom home at 924 N. Clark in the Gold Coast has been on and off the market since April 2015. (Sorry- I don’t have a good picture of this house.) It’s been written up by the media because at one point in 2015 it was listed for $15 million, which puts it among the […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1652 N. Bell in Bucktown has been on and off the market since March 2012. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it in October 2012. Back then, we were wondering if staging mattered in million dollar properties. In 2012, it didn’t have any furniture or […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1457 W. Addison in Southport first came on the market in October 2013. Most recently, it was relisted in March 2017. Built in 1901, the listing says it was renovated in 2010. It’s on a larger than standard Chicago lot measuring 41×134, has a 2-car garage and 7 outdoor areas. […]

According to Crain’s, one of the city’s mansions just sold to an heir of the Thai Red Bull fortune. They do not, apparently, have ties to Chicago. The house, which sold on Oct 11 for $7.5 million, is on Bellevue in the Gold Coast. Originally listed for $9 million, it was reduced $1 million before selling. […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3037 W. Leland in Ravenswood Manor came on the market in May 2017. Built in 1906, it is on a larger than standard Chicago lot of 30×140. It has a 2-car detached garage and a deck with a hot tub. The house has hardwood floors in the living and dining room. […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 2435 W. Erie in the Smith Park neighborhood of West Town came on the market in June 2017. But for those of you who have been long time readers, this house may look familiar. We chattered about it all the way back in 2008 when it was newly constructed. A blast from […]