This 4-bedroom house at 6721 W. Hurlbut in Old Norwood Park might not appear special from the street. But it is apparently one of those rare Sears Roebuck kit homes from the 1920s and 1930s. Constructed in 1924, it is built on an oversized 50×150 lot and the listing says it still has the original front porch. […]
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 832 N. Marshfield in West Town in August 2010. See our prior chatter and pictures here. Back in August, some of you thought it was fairly priced for a single family home in that neighborhood at the list of $479,000 (and some of you thought […]
This 4-bedroom vintage home at 5255 N. Lakewood in the Lakewood Balmoral Historic District in Andersonville recently came on the market for the first time in 14 years. I’ve been told it went under contract within days and rumors are swirling there were multiple offers. Built in 1910, the arts and crafts home is on a […]
This 4-bedroom Bucktown house at 1923 N. Winchester looks like the vintage homes which were commonly built in the Bucktown neighborhood. But the listing says that there was a large addition in 2007. That has resulted in a modern interior sporting a main floor family room and multiple decks. Built on a 24×125 lot, the house has a […]
This 5-bedroom vintage brick bungalow at 4841 N. Lowell in the North Mayfair neighborhood (of what is technically Albany Park, I believe) came on the market in June 2010. It has been reduced $20,000 since June. The listing says it has brand new kitchen and baths. The kitchen counters look to be granite and there […]
This 3-bedroom tudor at 3019 W. Ardmore in Peterson Woods just came on the market in August. Built in 1929, the house is on an oversized 45×192 lot with a side drive and a 2-car garage. Much of the house’s original features are intact, including the leaded glass windows, coved ceilings, arched doorways and the wood burning […]
There are bungalows and then there are 4,000 square feet vintage bungalows such as this one at 5057 N. Francisco in Lincoln Square (is this even Lincoln Square? The public realty sites lists it as such.) This octagonal bungalow was built in 1925 on an oversized Chicago lot of 54×125. It has 3-car parking and central […]
This 5-bedroom vintage greystone at 4358 S. Berkeley in Kenwood recently came on the market. Built in 1883, the house still has the original staircase. It is on a corner 26×125 lot. While there is central air, there is, however, no garage. The listing says there was a complete gut rehab in 94/95. The top […]
We were recently chattering about a 3-bedroom Portage Park bungalow which was an estate sale but which had good vintage bones. It was listed at $199,000. See our prior chatter here. This 2-bedroom “never touched bungalow” at 232 Lathrop in River Forest just came on the market. It is listed for $200,000. Like the Portage Park house, […]