Crib Chatter

This 5-bedroom Victorian single family home at 1836 W. Addison in North Center came on the market in April 2016, although it had been on the market for a time in 2015. The listing says it was built in 1894. It’s on an extra large 45×125 lot with a wrap-around porch and a garage. The […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1805 W. Cornelia in Roscoe Village just came on the market. If it looks familiar that’s because we chattered about it numerous times in 2012. You can see our original April 2012 chatter here. In 2012 it was described as a “Victorian”. Built on a double sized Chicago lot […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom “Smart Tech” home at 900 N. Richmond in West Town (East Humboldt Park???) in February 2016. You can see our chatter here. If you recall, this is one of several dozen similar homes that have been built in West Town, Avondale, Logan Square and other gentrifying neighborhoods since the bust. These houses were […]

This 3-bedroom vintage single family home at 2031 N. Bissell in Lincoln Park originally came on the market in August 2015. We actually chattered about it in November 2015. You can see our chatter here. The listing says it was built in 1880 which would likely make it among the older homes in this neighborhood. […]

This 4-bedroom bungalow at 4426 N. Menard in Portage Park came on the market in October 2015. (Sorry, I don’t have a picture as I haven’t been able to get out to take pictures of new properties. As soon as spring arrives, I’ll be out there.) The listing says it has been renovated and has […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 832 N. Marshfield in the East Village neighborhood of West Town just came on the market. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it several times in 2010. You can see our first chatter about it in March 2010. It took about 6 months to sell but finally […]

This 2-bedroom farmhouse at 2734 N. Marshfield in Lincoln Park just came on the market. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it twice in 2014. You can read our March 2014 chatter here. If you recall, the farmhouse was built in 1870 but has been transformed into a contemporary loft-like space inside […]

This 5-bedroom custom built single family home at 1970 N. Burling in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2015. Built in 2010 on an oversized 45×122.5 lot, it sits on the corner of Burling and Armitage. You may have walked by its tall brick walls on Armitage and wondered what was behind them. […]

These 2 new single family homes at 2018 and 2020 N. Dayton just came on the market in Lincoln Park. Both houses are 6-bedrooms and 5.5 baths with 5200 square feet and are being built by Foster Design. They are being built on the standard Chicago lot of 25×125 so they only have 2.5 car […]

This 3-bedroom vintage single family home at 2031 N. Bissell in Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2015. The listing says it was built in 1880 which would likely make it among the older homes in this neighborhood. This house was built after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which swept through the […]