Crib Chatter

We recently chattered about a 4-bedroom vintage home in Edison Park listed at $399,000 on 6569 N. Onarga but just a few blocks west, over the border in Park Ridge, sits this vintage 4-bedroom home at 410 W. Belle Plaine listed for $378,500. It was built in 1889 and is on an irregular corner lot measuring […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 6569 N. Onarga in Edison Park came on the market just before Thanksgiving. The listing says “Opportunity knocks for sweat equity.” Built in 1922, the house is on an oversized 45×125 lot, has a 2-car garage and central air. The listing says a second story addition was added in […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 2225 W. Charleston in Bucktown (it IS east of Western) just came on the market. It is bank owned and listed at just $229,900. Built in 1887, the listing says it is on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125 and has a 2-car garage. So what’s the catch? Check out the interior […]

We recently chattered about a 3-bedroom 1930s tudor at 1717 N. Normandy in Galewood that was just a block north of North Avenue and the Oak Park border that was listed at $390,000. See our prior chatter here. Some of you commented that you might as well live in Oak Park.  But Russ said: “Looks […]

This 3-bedroom tudor at 1707 N. Normandy in the Galewood neighborhood of Austin has been on and off the market since August 2010. It has a turret entry and arched doorways. The kitchen has been updated with maple cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. All 3 bedrooms are on the second floor. There […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 4043 N. Kenneth has been on the market nearly 2 years. First listed in January 2010 for $450,000, it has been reduced $75,000 and is now listed as a “short sale.” Built in 1920 on a larger than normal 33×125 Chicago lot, the bungalow has some vintage features like wainscotting. […]

This 2-bedroom cottage at 3911 N. Hermitage in Lakeview was listed in October 2011 and went under contract before I had a chance to even do a post about it (within a month of the listing.) Listed at just $339,000, it’s in the highly coveted Blaine school district. It seems like a no brainer at the […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom Queen Anne at 1935 N. Lincoln in Lincoln Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. Off and on the market for 6 years (!) it had been reduced about $1 million from its original 2005 list price of $2.229 million. It was also listed for $555,000 under […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 2722 N. Wilton in Lincoln Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. The house was listed at just $500,000. What was the catch? The El ran directly behind the house (where there was also 4-car parking.) Built on a 25×75 lot, the 2800 […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3902 N. Central Park in the Independence Park neighborhood of Irving Park has been on the market over 2 years. It has been reduced $200,000 in that time and is now listed about 23% under the 2006 purchase price. The house was built in 1914 and is on a […]