Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom single family home at 2334 N. Medill in Bucktown has a surprise in the backyard- a 2 bedroom coach house. The main house was built in 1916 on a 25×125 lot. The listing says it was gutted in 2008. The kitchen has a contemporary look with stainless steel appliances and European style cabinets. The […]

This 3-bedroom vintage Cape Cod at 4838 N. Seeley in Lincoln Square just came on the market for the first time in 14 years. Built in 1884 on a 25×125 lot, it has a 2-car garage, a back deck and professional landscaping. The listing says it has 1280 square feet. The house has hardwood floors and a claw […]

On a Lincoln Park street with many million dollar homes sits this vintage 2-bedroom single family home at 631 W. Belden listed for a fraction of the price. Built in 1887, the two story home has hardwood floors and a separate dining room or den. The kitchen has white cabinets, granite counter tops and white […]

We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom single family home at 1722 W. Wellington several times before. See our last chatter in July 2010 here. On and off the market for nearly 2 years, it was recently reduced another $49,000. It is now listed $35,000 under the 2004 purchase price. The house is somewhat unusual in that […]

This custom built 8000 square foot mansion at 2216 W. Grace in the St. Ben’s neighborhood of North Center just came on the market. It has 4 bedrooms, 9 baths, and 3 half baths on a 125×30 lot. It appears that the 2.5-car garage is still being built. There also doesn’t appear to be any […]

This 5-bedroom vintage greystone at 4401 S. Berekely has been through quite the transformation in the last year. The house, built in 1893 with a limestone exterior, had been on the market since December 2006. Originally listed in 2006 for $479,000 it finally sold in April 2010 for $150,000. From the one picture in the […]

According to Wikipedia, John Van Osdel was considered to be among the first Chicago architects, was a peer of Louis Sullivan, among others, and designed many famous buildings including the Palmer House. The listing for this 6-bedroom greystone mansion at 2430 N. Orchard in Lincoln Park says it was designed by Van Osdel. If so, it […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom Dutch Colonial at 1721 W. 104th in Beverly in December 2010. See our prior chatter and pictures here. On the market since September 2010, those of you who commented about the property thought it was priced too richly for the neighborhood (after all, what cop making $50,000 could afford […]

This 4-bedroom vintage Victorian single family home at 4446 N. Damen last sold in October 2009. At that time, it was being sold “as-is” and the listing said it needed rehab. It looked to be an estate sale. It came back on the market briefly in November 2010 and then came back for good in […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian single family home at 2337 N. Monticello in Logan Square was bank owned in May 2010. It sold to a new buyer for just $130,000 in July 2010. It has come back on the market after a renovation listed at $375,000. The house now has ebony floors throughout the main level and […]