Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom single family home at 4133 N. Kilbourn in the Irving Park neighborhood recently came on the market. Built in 1924 on a 25×126 lot, it has things buyers look for including central air and a 2-car garage. It also has some unique features such as arched doorways on the main level. The kitchen […]

Thanks to those who pointed out that this 5-bedroom tudor at 5919 N. Forest Glen in Sauganash had finally sold. I had been tracking it for awhile but it was taking forever to close so it slipped from my “watch” list. (It took 7 months to finally close.) We’ve chattered about this house several times over the […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1431 W. Oakdale in Lakeview has been on and off the market for 3 years. Since June 2009, it has been reduced $274,000 to $925,000. Built in 1999 on a 24.8×123.8 lot, the listing says it is in the Burley school district. The listing also says it has a […]

I normally don’t like to chatter about properties that have already gone under contract, but in some cases, to get a gauge of the market, I’ll do so. This 4-bedroom vintage bungalow at 2680 W. Eastwood in the Ravenswood Gardens neighborhood of Lincoln Square (near the Rockwell Crossing El stop) came on the market just […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 9046 S. Hamilton in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of  Beverly came on the market in June 2012. Yes, it’s actually called “Beverly Hills” and the neighborhood has lovely signs telling you so. Built in 1924 on an oversized lot of 52×133, the listing calls the architecture style “English”. It […]

This 4-bedroom Cape Cod at 9524 S. Claremont in Beverly has been on the market since May 2012. It originally sold last November as an estate sale. Back then, it was just a 2 bedroom, 1 bath at 1282 square feet. Now, after a rehab that included new windows, new roof, mechanicals, plumbing and electrical, the […]

This 4-bedroom Prairie style single family home at 1310 W. Glenlake in the Edgewater Glen neighborhood of Edgewater just came on the market. Built in 1916 on a 31×124.6 lot, it has a large front porch with a porch swing. It also has the features buyers look for including 3 bedrooms on one level, central air and […]

  This 3-bedroom brick ranch at 546 W. 33rd in Bridgeport came on the market in May 2012. It was built in 1972 on a standard 25×125 lot. The listing says it was “renovated” 5 years ago. The kitchen has maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. It has a full basement with an oak […]

This 7-bedroom mansion at 10200 S. Longwood in Beverly came on the market in April 2012. It is known as the “Horton Mansion.” According to Curbed Chicago it was built for Horace Horton, the founder of Chicago Bridge & Iron, in 1890. It sits on a huge lot measuring about a half an acre on […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom brick ranch at 5646 N. Nottingham in Old Norwood Park in March 2012. See our prior chatter here. Back in March, it was priced at $220,ooo and most, if not all of you, thought that was a decent price for a house in a neighborhood considered safe and with […]