The Elusive 3-Bedroom East Lakeview Townhouse: 621 W. Oakdale
This 3-bedroom vintage townhouse at 621 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview just came on the market.
It’s rare to find a 3-bedroom townhouse in this location because of the age of the properties in East Lakeview.
This townhouse has some of its vintage features intact including crown molding, two fireplaces, French doors, and a secret kitchen staircase that leads to an office or library.
It also has features modern buyers look for including all 3 bedrooms on the second floor and a lower level family room with a bar and a sauna.
The kitchen has cherry cabinets, granite and stainless steel appliances.
It has central air and a 1-car garage (which it looks like you have to pull in sideways.)
The house is built on a 23×49 lot. The outdoor space appears to be a second floor deck on top of the garage.
There are no HOAs with this townhouse although there is a row of maybe 5 or 6 of these all connected on this block.
Does that mean you’re left to guilt your next door neighbor into painting his front deck?
A few months ago, this would have sold in a day.
Now’s your chance.
Is this townhouse a good duplex down alternative?
Nancy Finley at Keller Williams Preferred has the listing. See the pictures here.
621 W. Oakdale: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, no square footage listed, 1 car garage
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- Sold in February 1991 for $235,000 (though the public record looks messed up so I’m not sure this is correct)
- Currently listed for $585,000
- No assessments
- Taxes of $7658
- Central Air
- 2 fireplaces
- Sauna
- Bedroom #1: 21×15 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 15×11 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 12×11 (second floor)
- Family room: 21×16 (lower level)
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Is that desk on the second floor in the hallway or is that part of a bedroom? Also, how wide does that garage look? I wonder how awkward it is to pull into that space.
“Is that desk on the second floor in the hallway or is that part of a bedroom? Also, how wide does that garage look? I wonder how awkward it is to pull into that space.”
That desk appears to be in a library/office that you access through the staircase in the kitchen.
The garage is just a 1-car. It appears, from the picture, that you have to pull in sideways. Kind of like parallel parking.
” It appears, from the picture, that you have to pull in sideways. Kind of like parallel parking.”
And you have to let any front seat passenger out before parking, and you have to get out before closing the garage door. Beats the heck out of driving around that hood looking for parking, but is still not too user friendly.
I agree that this garage is better than no garage, and depending on the width of the alley, it may be better sideways than the normal way, as it can be very difficult to back into alley garages in the city based on my experience. The room with the desk just doesn’t look right to me. Maybe the camera is placed at an odd position, but it makes the room look larger than it can be. Sauna in the basement is a fail – would have to remove that. Overall square footage is around 1450? That is my estimate.
“Overall square footage is around 1450?”
I’d guess the interior footprint at ~35×20, so it’s a question of counting–saying “2100” (35x20x3) is non-fantastical, but inaccurate (“truthy”) . 1450 is probably giving the place a bit short shrift. I’d expect a reasonably diligent/accurate measurement would be around 1700-1800.
22 by 35 times 2 is 1,540 less some interior walls would be ~1,450. I guess the basement could be counted as well, but it wasn’t clear if all of it was finished.
“22 by 35 times 2 is 1,540 less some interior walls would be ~1,450.”
I think that’s generous, with the stairs, but certainly close enough to not complain much.
Think that most of the basement is finished, and so long as one doesn’t take the Architect view of below grade space, 17-1800 is probably right on for actual usual floorspace (counting the sauna as usable).
A few months ago I doubt this would have sold in a day if it looked like when i toured it, the lower level carpet was pulled away from the wall in a way that would give anyone pause as to if there are moisture issues, something the musty smell only enforced. Otherwise a really cool and unique property on a great block that will work well for the right buyer, although the unit to the east appeared unoccupied and uncared for.