Renovated 5-Bedroom Vintage SFH for $799,000 in North Kenwood: 4358 S. Berkeley
This 5-bedroom Victorian at 4358 S. Berkeley in North Kenwood came on the market in July 2023. (Sorry, I don’t have a picture.)
Built in 1890, this house is on a 26×124 corner lot. It doesn’t have a garage but it has a “private side drive” with parking up to 4 cars.
This house was renovated in 2022 and while it is a vintage home, none of the interior vintage features remain. The listing describes it as “designed to maximize functionality and comfort, blending classic and contemporary styles.”
It has California-style light laminate wood flooring throughout, a new grand staircase, custom lighting, skylights and a new gas fireplace in the living room.
There’s a separate dining room.
The kitchen is a “chef’s dream come true” with white and blue (or gray) cabinets, Bosch appliances, quartz counter tops, a waterfall edge on the island which seats two, a microwave drawer and a wine cooler.
It also has a built-in dining banquet and storage.
4 bedrooms and 2 full baths are on the second floor. The baths have custom tile, heated toilets, rain shower and premium fixtures.
The top floor is entirely the primary suite with a walk-in-closet and en suite “spa bath” with custom tile, a large walk-in-shower with bench, a soaking tub and double sink. It appears that the room is currently being used as a family room/exercise room.
The house has a private landscaped yard and deck as well as central air.
It appears that the lower level is an unfinished basement with the laundry room.
This house is close to the Lake, bike paths, and the shops and restaurants of Bronzeville including Bronzeville Winery.
It sold in May 2021 for $475,000 and has come back on the market, renovated, at $799,000.
Home prices in nearby Bronzeville are rising quickly. Will these sellers get their price?
Alexis Holland at Century 21 SGR has the listing. See the pictures here (sorry, no floor plan).
4358 S. Berkeley: 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, no square foot listed, single family home
- Sold prior to 1988
- Sold in May 2021 “as-is” for $475,000
- Currently listed at $799,000
- Taxes of $6635
- Central Air
- No garage- but parking for 4 cars on a “private side drive.”
- Lot measuring 26×124
- Gas fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 33×17 (third floor)
- Bedroom #2: 13×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 13×10 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 19×15 (second floor)
- Bedroom #5: 11×10 (second floor)
- Living room: 15×12 (main floor)
- Dining room: 16×12 (main floor)
- Kitchen: 18×14 (main floor)
- Laundry room: 19×15 (basement)
- Deck
The roofing as siding is a shame, and in the back, it looks like it needs repair, if not replacement.
“The roofing as siding is a shame, and in the back, it looks like it needs repair, if not replacement.”
This. For $800k, its a complete no go and makes me question the rest of the work done.
Inside looks nice (other than the questions the outside creates). Doesnt seem like there a lot of profit from a flip assuming its not a total lipstick on a pig
I had a feeling this house wouldn’t get much love or input from The Cribarazzi. (Guys, Sabrina needs the page hits so she can get a car and go take pictures of these houses).
Kenwood has some good, old-style housing stock, that’s for sure.
https://chicagohistorytoday.wordpress.com/2023/07/06/then-and-now-woodlawn-avenue-47th-street/
No garage is a nonstarter for me, with Chicago Winters being as harsh as they are.
Check out the streetview on how it looked before. Since it was an As-Is property before, I wonder if some flipper discovered problems after purchasing that ate through their budget and that’s why they didn’t do as much as they could. Roofing as siding, indeed.
re: the garage–could get a serviceable garage built for ~$15k.
Looking at the lot size and the sideyard made me wonder–this is another place (the houses on Grace east of Southport being a recentish CC feature) where the sidewalk is next to the street, even though there is city-owned land on the otherside of the sidewalk, too–the right of way of 44th actually goes right up to the south face of the building. So you’d want to not build a garage on that part.
Was probably slate or shakes originally and they tried to match the look.
At least there’s alley access and room for a big garage.
“Was probably slate or shakes originally and they tried to match the look.”
They should have at least went with Hardieboard. This isnt a 2 flat in Cicero.
If you look at the Google Street View going back a few years this is how the back of the house was sided….with roof shingles. It’s something I saw a lot in the Bronx and Queens as a kid….more common in poorer areas because it is an effective and economical solve maybe? Current owners both chopped down the huge tree that was in the back yard and removed the second story of the back deck…which incidentally made it look as though it WAS previously a two flat. They should put some landscaping / stockade fencing back there to make the yard more private and useable.
I like the reno despite there being nothing vintage left in it. I too wonder what is up. Doesn’t look like a flip to me . . why bother doing the reno that probably took a year to only get one year of living in it just to sell it for not a ton of profit relative to what you paid and put into it. I am wondering if this is just not a great corner.
“Kenwood has some good, old-style housing stock, that’s for sure.”
When will they start calling this East Bronzeville? It’s only a matter of time, I think.
“(Guys, Sabrina needs the page hits so she can get a car and go take pictures of these houses).”
I have a car. I just don’t have the time like I used to to drive all over the city for pictures of one house here, and one house there. Back when there was plenty of inventory, I could get a slew of pictures in just one neighborhood. Not anymore. And most homes are going under contract within a week so unless I get there really quick, they’re under contract anyway.