Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom arts & crafts vintage bungalow at 6030 N. Kilbourn in the Sauganash neighborhood of Forest Glen came on the market in September 2012. It has been renovated with all new windows and skylights yet retains many of its vintage features such as stained glass palladian windows. Built in 1920 on an oversized 40×137 lot, […]

This 4-bedroom Prairie style vintage home at 5039 W. Hutchinson in Olde Portage Park has been on the market since July 2012. Built in 1910 on an oversized 35×125 lot, it even has a picket fence (sorry- not white though.) The listing says it has a new kitchen with white cabinets, stainless steel Bosch appliances […]

This 5 bedroom French Provincial single family home at 1652 N. Bell in Bucktown has been on the market since March 2012. It looks to be newer construction possibly circa 2006. Built on an oversized 38.5×150 lot, the house has a 3-car garage and is located at the end of a no outlet street. It […]

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 […]

A lot of you have sent me questions over the years about the historic brick bungalows in the Ukranian Village like this 4-bedroom at 2034 W. Thomas. Built in 1897 on a 24×120 lot, it has been renovated and now has a more open floorplan. It doesn’t appear much of its vintage character remains on the […]

This 6-bedroom California bungalow at 6803 N. Oriole in Edison Park has been on the market since April 2012. This is the first time I had seen a home in Chicago referenced as a “California bungalow” so I thought I’d better find out what the difference was. Apparently, there is none. A bungalow is a bungalow. […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom brick cottage at 1234 N. Marion in Wicker Park in September 2010. Check out our prior interesting discussion about the mortgages and whether or not this is a teardown here. Some thought tearing it down would be problematic because there is no alley- only the side driveway. Financedoc also posted […]

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 […]

We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom Queen Anne at 6239 N. Lundy in the Old Edgebrook neighborhood of Forest Glen several times over the last few years. See our last chatter in November 2011 here. Nearly a year ago, the house was listed at $799,000. It has since been reduced again and is now listed at $729,000. Out […]