The listing for this 3-bedroom Portage Park brick cottage at 4947 W. Pensacola admits that the house is being sold “as-is” and that it “needs TLC/updating.” It is an estate sale. The house has many of its vintage features intact including a wood burning fireplace, beamed ceilings, built-ins and original door knobs. All three bedrooms are on the […]
This 5-bedroom single family home at 1738 N. Winchester in Bucktown is among the most unique properties I’ve seen in awhile. It has an a modern exterior and interior except when you’re in the lower level which has a fully bricked recreation room, including the curved ceiling, complete with fireplace and jacuzzi tub in the […]
Contemporary lovers know the outside of this 5-bedroom house at 838 W. Webster in Lincoln Park well as it’s hard to miss on a block filled with vintage brownstones. An AIA design interior architecture award winner, the house was built in 2004 and sits on a 48×115 lot. The living room has 20 foot high […]
This 4-bedroom vintage greystone at 1330 N. Bell in west Wicker Park has been completely gut renovated. Built in 1908, the house is on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125. Three of the 4 bedrooms are on the second level and one is in the basement. The kitchen sports maple cabinets and stainless steel appliances. The […]
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom Victorian home at 4209 N. Bernard in Irving Park in June 2009. See our June 2009 chatter and pictures here. The picture above is from the June 2009 listing. It has been on and off the market since then and is now reduced $35,900 since June 2009. The listing […]
This 3-bedroom home at 3642 N. Artesian in North Center recently came on the market and went under contract almost immediately. Just by the pictures you would have to wonder why as there was no granite, cherry or stainless steel appliances to be seen in the bungalow home. But the listing says the house is […]
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom Victorian home with a big front porch at 6129 N. Northcott in Old Norwood Park in June 2010. See our prior chatter and pictures here. In addition to the five outdoor spaces, including “secret” porches on the side of the house, it had a large backyard due to the […]
The nationwide decline in new home sales to record lows in July isn’t stopping some developers in Chicago from trying to sell new construction properties such as this new single family home at 3125 N. Seminary in Lakeview. It just came on the market in July. Built on a 25×125 lot, it appears that the […]
We return to West Lakeview again as this 4-bedroom house at 1537 W. Wellington was just re-listed as a short sale. It is currently listed just about 25% under the 2006 purchase price and also $130,000 under the 2003 purchase price. The contemporary home was built in 1997. It has 4 bedrooms, with the master […]
These two new construction 5-bedroom brick ranch homes at 6201 and 6203 W. Addison came on the market in April 2008- or about 860 days ago. Over that time period, both houses have been reduced $104,100. They have the bells and whistles of new construction including stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops in the […]