Crib Chatter

This 6-bedroom single family home at 1845 W. Newport in Roscoe Village has been on the market for 9 months. It has been completely gut rehabbed with modern features. The listing says it has a “chef’s kitchen” with white cabinets and stainless steel appliances. 3 of the bedrooms are on the second floor and 2 […]

We’ve chattered about the Spencer Kimbell Mansion at 2556 N. Kimball in Logan Square before. See our June 2012 chatter here. Since then, the 8-bedroom house has been reduced further and is now listed just under a million dollars at $999,000. The listing now also says ” HAS BEEN SUCCESFULLY REPAIRED THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN SUCCESFULLY […]

I think several of you have mentioned this 4-bedroom house at 529 W. Wrightwood in East Lincoln Park in previous threads about this neighborhood. It came on the market in May 2012. It is currently listed both for sale and for rent but the rental listing says the owner prefers a 6 to 9 month […]

We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom single family home with loft features at 1275 N. Hermitage in Wicker Park several times. See our May 2012 chatter here. It was listed last fall and then withdrawn. The house then came back on the market in the spring at a slightly higher price. But since that time, it […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 1414 W. Ohio in West Town (is this Noble Square?) came on the market in August 2012. It was bank owned in 2007 and last sold in 2008. If you have a Redfin account, you can see a 2008 picture of the front of the house. The listing says […]

We’ve chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home on a double lot at 3625 N. Springfield in the historic Villa neighborhood of Irving Park several times. See our June 2012 chatter here. Last June, after it had reduced to $899,900, some of you thought it should list anywhere from $750,000 to the lower $800,000s in order […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3929 N. Tripp in Old Irving Park has been on the market for 2 years. It is a short sale. This was new construction. The listing says it was built in 2005. There are no interior pictures of the house. The listing says there is a full basement and […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 6924 N. Tonty in the Wildwood neighborhood of Forest Glen in May 2012. See our prior chatter here. We had a lively discussion on whether this part of the city is really “the city”. As far as the house goes, several of you had been in […]

If you’re looking for a single family home in the historic Lakewood Balmoral district in Andersonville, you’re not in much luck right now. This 5-bedroom home at 5457 N. Wayne is one of just 2 houses currently available. Built on a 29×123 corner lot, it has features that buyers look for including four of the […]

We’ve seen a few Lakeview houses sell in the past year for over $3 million (most notoriously the house bought by the new Cubs GM in Southport) but there haven’t been many on the market over $3 million in East Lakeview like this new construction house at 550 W. Oakdale. The 7000 square foot house […]