Crib Chatter

Crain’s reported last week that the 8-bedroom vintage mansion and coach house at 1432 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast has finally found a buyer. We last chattered about the house in September 2010. See our prior chatter here. Developer Steven Fifield is moving back to Chicago, agreeing to pay $5 million for a […]

This 3-bedroom brick house at 2255 W. Montrose on the border of Lincoln Square and North Center recently came on the market listed for $399,900. Located across from Welles Park, the listing says it was recently “remodeled” and has new appliances, floors, walls, ceilings, bathrooms and has not been occupied since completion of the remodel. […]

This 3-bedroom vintage single family home at 1320 W. Grace in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview recently came on the market. Built in 1892, the listing says it has been “gutted to perfection.” It has a custom designed kitchen with white cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances along with an eat-in breakfast area […]

We return to Sauganash. This 4-bedroom vintage home at 5901 N. Kilbourn  just came on the market. It is bank owned. Built in 1937, like most of the neighborhood, it is on a 36×124 corner lot. The house has central air and a 2-car garage. We don’t know much else about it except that it has a […]

This 5-bedroom vintage tudor at 5919 N. Forest Glen in the Sauganash neighborhood of Forest Glen has been on the market for 11 months. In that time, it has been reduced $75,000. It is now listed $24,000 under the 2004 purchase price. Built in 1930 on a 40×125 lot, the house has many of its […]

This 5-bedroom vintage colonial at 2100 W. Pratt Boulevard in West Ridge came on the market in January 2011. The listing says it is the first time the home has been listed in 111 years. Built in 1900, the listing says it was a summer home and took four years to complete. The 12,000 square […]

We last chattered about this new construction 6-bedroom mansion at 3804 N. Janssen in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in February 2010. See our February 2010 chatter here. At that time, it had been on the market for 5 months and had been reduced $300,000. It was recently re-listed with another $200,000 reduction. Built on […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 2155 W. Caton in Bucktown was built in 1889 and is located on a street with other historic single family homes. The listing says it is a “Wicker Park Historic Landmark Greystone.” It still has some of its vintage interior features including doorknobs, hardwood floors with inlay and a large […]

As the Groove pointed out in the old post, this 3-bedroom tudor at 3019 W. Ardmore in Peterson Woods finally sold. See our prior chatter and pictures here. It was an estate sale. The house needed work but it had wonderful vintage bones including leaded glass, arched doorways, coved ceilings and the original kitchen and […]

This 3-bedroom vintage single family home at 1566 N. Hoyne in Wicker Park recently came on the market. While the exterior of the home was built in 1891, the interior was a complete gut rehab in 2005. The living room/dining room now has 18 foot cathedral ceilings and skylights. The kitchen is open to the […]