Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom vintage Victorian at 1736 W. Berwyn in Andersonville just came on the market (so I don’t yet have a picture). It is listed as a short sale for $106,000 under the 2006 purchase price of $605,000- at $499,000. Built in 1891 on a 26×124 lot, it has some of its vintage features intact […]

Do you like lofts but need the space of a single family home? This unique property at 2106 W. Superior in West Town is for you. (Sorry about the bad picture- as there was no way for me to really get the full flavor of it with the tall trees in front of the building.) […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 3729 N. Hermitage in Lakeview in May 2011. See our prior chatter here. It had been featured previously on Crib Chatter in December 2008 but never sold. It was withdrawn and rented for $3000 a month. In the spring, it came back on the market listed […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home and coach house at 1863 N. Bissell in Lincoln Park in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. Listed as a short sale after having been on the market for 2 years, the house recently sold for $30,000 above the last list price of $1.85 million […]

This 2-bedroom cottage at 1835 W. Ohio in West Town is currently listed for $399,900. On the market since March 2011, it has been reduced $15,100. It has some unique features including interesting exposed brick walls and 16-foot vaulted ceilings on the main level. The kitchen has stainless steel appliances and tile counter tops. There […]

This 3-bedroom Cape Cod at 7640 W. Rascher in the Oriole Park neighborhood of Norwood Park recently came on the market. Built in 1954 on an oversized 40×125 lot, it not only has a finished basement but a main level family room with custom stone fireplace. The kitchen has white cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless […]

This 3-bedroom vintage brick bungalow at 4054 N. Lawler in Portage Park has been on the market since March 2011. It was built in 1921 on a 40×125 corner lot. At 1707 square feet, all 3 bedrooms are on the main level. It also has a large 28×14 attic space. The house has some of […]

This 5-bedroom new construction single family home at 1466 W. Hutchinson in the Graceland West neighborhood of Lakeview has been on the market since February 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $282,000. The 4800 square foot house was built on an oversized 29×125 lot. It has some unique features including an elevator which […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom Victorian single family home at 1167 W. Eddy in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Lakeview in January 2011. See our prior chatter here. We have chattered about this house several times over the past year as it kept reducing. In January 2011, when it was still listed for $575,000, many […]

This 3-bedroom newer construction single family home at 2035 W. Hutchinson in North Center has been on and off the market since October 2008. The bank took possession in May 2010 but hasn’t been in a hurry to sell it as the price was only cut once in those 15 months. But a few days ago, […]