Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this vintage 6-bedroom single family home and coach house on the landmarked Terra Cotta Row at 1048 W. Oakdale in Lakeview in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. Also known as the Henry Rohkam Mansion, 1048 W. Oakdale is a rare property for a neighborhood as dense as Lakeview as it […]

Since the overall market is so slow, thank goodness there is new construction to chatter about. This new construction 6-bedroom single family home at 1500 W. Oakdale in Lakeview came on the market last month. The sister property next door (1502 W. Oakdale) was also built at the same time but that house is not yet […]

We last chattered about this renovated 1910 Georgian mansion at 53 E. Division in the Gold Coast in September 2010. See our prior chatter here. Back in 2010, most of you thought it was overpriced (surprise!). Some of you also didn’t like that it was on Division Street, although this location it is not really […]

We last chattered about this 6-bedroom vintage Gold Coast mansion at 1538 N. Dearborn Parkway in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. 10 months ago, it had a broken window in front and was sitting on the market with absolutely no price reductions. Flash forward to the new year- and it is STILL on the […]

This 7-bedroom Queen Anne at 634 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park came on the market in October of 2011. It seems to have it all. The listing says it has been “completely rebuilt” so even though it dates back to 1880, it has a modern interior. The 7 bedrooms are spread out on the […]

  This vintage 2-flat at 1137 N. Hoyne in the Ukranian Village has been on and off the market for nearly 3 years. In that time, it has been reduced $600,000. Built in 1885 on a corner lot measuring 48×104, it has had some of its mechanicals updated including electric. Many of the vintage features […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom Bertrand Goldberg designed mid-century modern ranch at 1310 Brassie in the south suburb of Flossmoor in June 2010. See our prior chatter here. Back in 2010, nearly all of you loved this house but either didn’t know where Flossmoor was or wondered how you’d get to the city from […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 2244 W. Erie in West Town has been on the market since November 2009. In that time, it has been reduced $349,900 to $450,000. Built in 1890 on a 25×125 lot, it has an open first floor floorplan. All 4 bedrooms are on the second floor and there is […]

This 5-bedroom Victorian at 5453 N. Magnolia in the Lakewood Balmoral historic district in Andersonville has been on the market since May 2011. The listing says it is “not in move-in condition” (although when I walked by over the summer, someone was living in the property and you can see from the picture above that […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 1911 W. Berenice in North Center in November 2011. See our prior chatter here. I thought this might sell fast because: It was the cheapest single family home in the Bell school district, and It was the cheapest single family home in the Bell school […]