Renovated to Perfection in Hyde Park: 5413 S. Dorchester
The listing for this 1892 Victorian at 5413 S. Dorchester in Hyde Park says it is owned by a preservation architect.
It sounds like the house has been nearly completely renovated in the last decade including new copper plumbing, a new furnace and central air.
The woodwork on the first floor was restored and a second bath added to the second floor.
New cedar siding and trim was also apparently installed on the back addition to the house. The property was recently repainted.
It also has two vintage fireplaces, including one in the master bedroom.
The only thing that seems to be missing is parking.
Is that a deal breaker at this price?
John Wyman at Coldwell Banker has the listing. See the pictures and a virtual tour here.
5413 S. Dorchester: 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 half baths, no square footage listed
- Sold in June 1988 for $152,000
- Sold in June 1991 for $220,000
- Sold in May 2000 for $344,000
- Currently listed for $599,900
- Taxes of $7515
- Central Air
- No parking
why would you ever live in hyde park without a car? unless you live right next to obama..
What kills this is the ask price/location and the lack of parking.
Yes there are some expensive homes in the HP but mostly on 57th. While close to the university this is not where most professors live.
Not all locations are similar and I think they’re speculating on a greater fool to come along and confuse this with nice houses a stone’s throw from the university.
That blood red carpet is awesome. Why can’t they just create a car-port / garage out of the back yard? It seems big enough.
The lack of parking in central HP is pretty rough…
I don’t care about the decor; I care about the quality of the noncosmetic renovations. This sounds like it was done well… but of course would have to look!
I wish there were more *little* old houses in HP. Who needs five bedrooms?
“Why can’t they just create a car-port / garage out of the back yard?”
No alley access.
I think the apartment building looming over it to the south is a signiifcant negative for this house. It runs almost the full depth of teh lot.
Want to love… Don’t love. Probably good value though.
Reminder: We don’t care about the interior decoration of a property. The new owner will change ALL of that. This isn’t the Apartment Therapy interior design blog.
Please refrain from commenting about someone’s decorating tastes when they’re not yours or if it has nothing to do with the property. We’ve discussed staging and, yes, sometimes it can’t be avoided. But otherwise, just because you don’t like a color of paint or a carpet, doesn’t mean you can’t change it.
Thanks.
Great house, the replication costs to create another one like this will obviously exceed the asking price.
As for the parking – we live in a huge city, most cities in the world like Paris of London face the same problems: you want to live in the historic areas, in an architecturally interesting property – acccept the rental or street parking option… It is the opportunity cost :)) can’t have everything!
Well said VS. The line between the burbs and the city has always been very fine here. Too many like the idea of living in the city, but thuthfully don’t like city living.
When I lived in London’s Chelsea, it was a 20 minute walk to the packed tube station. This is an area where garageless 1600 sq ft row houses sell for $2mm and up; nobody thinks twice of it. I get it, Chicago isn’t London, but here’s a perfectly restored house with tons of original character at a very nice asking price compared to all of the mindless developer crap that litters the city, and all you’ll get is complaints from the burb bread masses. They actually do want everything.
I’d actually take a yard over parking if i had to choose. Lots to like about this place. But a couple subtractions: for one, the kitchen counters would need to go.
This is not where *most* professors live (that would be south of 55th), but there are plenty of U of C types around here.
Like Kenworthey, I wish there were more smaller homes available in HP. I’d love a 3/2.5 for 350!
nice place, its a trek to the campus , but not a bad walk 7 mos of the year. you get to pass the ugly hive and thank god that you didn’t buy a condo crap box..
Should sell near ask, as somebody else said you could do this for the price their selling, I might take this place over “Reduced Over $460K in Roscoe Village: 2015 W. Fletcher” place b/c its cheaper and HP/OT has a good flavor.
you’d just have to take metra dwtn. aren’t land/teardowns in HP still selling for a premium?
“Like Kenworthey, I wish there were more smaller homes available in HP”
I would live in Hyde park in a heart beat if that were the case. i cant drop 1.5mil for a beautiful vintage/historic place and pay for Lab school too.
“pay for Lab school too”.
It’s almost impossible to get into Lab school unless you work for UofC. You have better chance getting into Magnet school.
Tuition at Lab = 20 g’s!
Revassal, what’s OT?
Don’t consider Hyde Park, as compared to North Side hoods around RV, if you want “amenities.” Very few restaurants/nightlife/cinema, 1 overpriced grocery store, etc etc. And of course no El line w/in walking distance, unless you’re real close to Washington Park, which is generally the poorest part of HP.
obama town, lol
Hyde Park does lack many urban amenities but is a bit better than roma implies (e.g. Treasure Island and the new Hyde Park Produce Market are both pretty good vs. just the co-op of old), One Z&H with another coming soon, quite a few very good new cafe’s. The options after 8pm are disappointing but I see some hope. At the same time it is an excellent urban family neighborhood for people that don’t resonate with the burbs. People from all over the world, high density of living, etc.
This property is in a very good location. not five-star of the “golden rectangle” across 55th but just a notch below (four out of 5 stars). Tons of faculty live there as well as many blocks farther north. No parking is a consideration. Comparison to London and Paris is ok but one has to remember that we are forced to rely on cars much more by the infrequency and relative lack of proximity to public transit. Going downtown is ok but to the north side a car makes a huge difference — especially with kids, when it is very cold, at night, with lots of cargo, etc. Parking on this street is tough.
The price looks ok to me. Not a lot of rehabbed family space in HP in this price range that isn’t cheesy 80s development.
I looked at this house in spring of 1991 (asking 240K, before it sold in June for 220K. I liked it a lot. Even the hulking building to the south (the house wasn’t AC’d back then, so shade on the south is good). Just wasn’t quite ready to buy. Afraid to make an offer. The next year I bought another house in HP for just a little less– not as nice a block–west of Nichols park, not as nice a house, but a garage, and very easy street parking. I still live in the house.
I wish I’d bought this one– but the house is better off because I wouldn’t have renovated it as well.
Anyway, off the market. did it sell?
A great house for someone that doesn’t need to drive much. If your car stays put most of the time parking isn’t a problem. And it’s not nearly as bad as east of the tracks.
Sold for $535. Rosel, you know anyone looking to sell a small house around you?