Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom single family home at 3833 N. Ravenswood in Lakeview has been on the market since August 2011. (The Koenig sign is for the lot next door which  no longer appears to be on the market.) In that time, the price has not been reduced. Built in 1907 on a smaller than average lot […]

This 2-bedroom brick bungalow at 2500 W. Berteau in North Center recently came on the market. Built in 1921 on a 30×125 corner lot, it is being sold “as-is.” Yes, there are hardwood floors under the green shag carpet. The listing says it has a full unfinished basement and a walk-up attic. The house has […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom bungalow at 4820 N. Tripp in the Mayfair neighborhood of Albany Park (is part of Mayfair also in Irving Park? I’m confused by Mayfair’s “true” boundaries) in July 2011. See our prior chatter here. Many of you were surprised to find you liked this bungalow but didn’t know much about the […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian single family home at 5723 W. Huron in Austin came on the market in November 2011. The listing says it has been “completely rehabbed”. It had been bank owned and had sold for just $21,500 in April 2011. Built in 1897, the house is on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125. It has […]

This 6-bedroom single family home at 4626 N. Kilpatrick in the Mayfair neighborhood of Irving Park came on the market on January 11, 2012. It was originally listed at $799,000 and has already reduced a couple of times down to $699,000. Back in 2010, it was a bank owned 2-flat that was in the process of being converted into […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom bungalow with 2 kitchens at 3037 W. Belden in Logan Square in September 2011. See our September chatter here. At the time, the number of bedrooms seemed confusing as the listing said 4 but only listed 3 bedrooms. It’s now listed as 4 bedrooms with one on the second […]

We’ve chattered about this 12,000 square foot historic mansion at 2100 W. Pratt Boulevard in West Ridge several times in the last year. See our June 2011 chatter here. Back in June, it had been reduced to $1.89 million from $2.45 million. Many of you thought that was getting more reasonable and that it might […]

We last chattered about this renovated 3-bedroom Victorian at 2633 N. Central Park in Logan Square in August 2011 after it had been reduced $40,000 to $449,000. See our prior chatter here. This is one of the many properties that had been bank owned, was rehabbed and then came back on the market. Even after the […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom Bucktown brick single family home at 1641 N. Claremont in March 2010. See our prior chatter here. It came on the market in October 2008 and has been on and off ever since. I didn’t have an exterior picture of it then and I STILL don’t have one. Sorry. […]

  This 5-bedroom vintage single family home at 5478 S. Greenwood in Hyde Park just came on the market. (Thanks to the reader who got me the pic on this one!) Built in 1875, it is 3300 square feet on an oversized 50×163 lot. It actually has a rare 5-car garage. However, it doesn’t have air conditioning […]