Crib Chatter

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 […]

This unique 4-bedroom single family home at 1424 W. Ohio in the River West neighborhood of West Town recently came on the market. Built on a triple lot of 75×125, the listing says the home was a former garage. A tall brick wall stretches across the front of the property. In the interior, walls of […]

This 4-bedroom tudor single family home at 7329 W. Greenleaf in Edison Park just came on the market. The listing says it was completely renovated in 2001. The kitchen has newer cabinets, stainless steel appliances and stone counter tops. It has a full basement with a 12×19 family room. Some of the vintage features include a […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1019 W. George in Lakeview recently came on the market as a “pre-foreclosure.” At $399,900, it is priced $830,100 under the 2007 purchase price. It is also listed $50,100 under the 1991 purchase price. Yes- it went under contract the day it was listed. Yes- “rehab work required.” The […]

A house like this 5-bedroom vintage bungalow at 2600 W. Wilson in the Ravenswood Gardens neighborhood of Lincoln Square is why I started Crib Chatter. Built in 1920 on an oversized 45×120 lot, the listing says the interior was transformed bythe owner, an electrician and organist for the Balaban & Katz Theater Company, in 1926. There is […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1863 N. Bissell in Lincoln Park has been on and off the market since January 2009. In that time, it has been reduced $1.945 million. The listing now says it is a short sale. Built on a rare oversized lot of 48×125, this 6500 square foot house has a […]