Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom Tudor at 4153 N. Major in Portage Park just came on the market. This house last sold “as-is” in December 2012 in an estate sale. It appears from public records that the prior owner had been in the house since before 1985. You can see pictures of the house as it looked at the prior […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3350 N. Marshfield in Lakeview just came on the market. It is in a prime area of Lakeview just a block from the Whole Foods and near the Paulina El stop. It actually was previously for sale in 2010 but didn’t sell and then it appears it was rented […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3637 N. Sacramento in Irving Park has been on the market since September 2012. Built on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125, it has new windows and air conditioning as well as a new door on the 2-car garage. The listing says the house has an “updated kitchen” with […]

This 3-bedroom contemporary style single family home at 1617 W. Hubbard in West Town has been on and off the market since May 2011. Built in 2001, on a standard 25×125 lot, it has an interesting design with a rare 2-car garage in the front of the house. It has 20-foot vaulted ceilings in the […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 3440 N. Lawndale in Avondale just came on the market. Previously bank owned, it has now been gut rehabbed and “everything” is new. The prior listing said the original house was built in 1895. It’s on a standard 25×125 lot and has a 2 car garage. It has wainscoting and […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom historic house at 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast in 2010 and 2011. See our August 2011 chatter here. Built in 1938, the house, known as the Florsheim Mansion, was designed by Andrew Rebori and then added onto by Bertrand Goldberg in the 1950s. There are actually […]

This 3-bedroom cottage at 1441 N. Campbell in East Humboldt Park recently came on the market. Built on a standard 25×125 lot, it has a 2-car garage. Some upgrades have been made to the home. The kitchen has white Kraftsmaid cabinets with stainless steel appliances and a red vintage refrigerator. There is some exposed brick. […]

This 4-bedroom Dutch Colonial at 4522 N. Knox in the Mayfair neighborhood of Irving Park recently came on the market. The listing says it’s been “gut rehabbed.” It was previously bank owned in 2011 and the old listing pictures show that it was actually boarded up. See the previous listing pictures here. Built on an […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom brick single family home at 3408 N. Bosworth in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in October 2010. See our previous chatter here. We had a very productive discussion about who would live near the El line tracks and at what price. (We also discussed the possibility of the El […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 2050 W. Churchill in Bucktown was first listed in December 2010 and stayed on the market for 7 months. It never sold. It’s back on the market and has been reduced. I couldn’t find the original 2010 list price but in January 2011 it was listed at $1.199 million. It’s now […]