The Lincoln Park Contemporary Is Back on the Market and Reduced: 838 W. Webster
We last chattered about this 5-bedroom contemporary house at 838 W. Webster in September 2010.
See our prior chatter here.
It was withdrawn from the market in January 2010 but has now returned and has been reduced $550,000.
If you remember, the house is an AIA design interior architecture award winner.
Built in 2004 on an oversized 48×115 lot, the living room has 20 foot high ceilings and a wall of windows which opens onto the 22×40 courtyard.
In all, the house has 2400 square feet of outdoor space in 7 locations.
The finishes are what you would expect from a luxury home.
There is a Poliform kitchen with stainless steel appliances and black granite counter tops.
The house also has a rare attached 3-car garage which is accessed through the kitchen.
With the upper bracket market showing some signs of life (a $4+ million single family home just sold in Lincoln Park last week), will this home now find a buyer?
Millie Rosenbloom at Baird & Warner now has the listing. See the pictures here.
838 W. Webster: 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 3 car garage, no square footage listed
- Sold in October 2001 for $1.615 million (the prior house)
- Was listed in September 2010 for $4.95 million
- Withdrawn in January 2011
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $4.4 million
- Taxes now are $42123
- Central Air through 4 HVAC units
- Basement rec room
- Bedroom #1: 19×14 (second level)
- Bedroom #2: 19×15 (second level)
- Bedroom #3: 15×15 (third level)
- Bedroom #4: 15×15 (third level)
- Bedroom #5: 11×13 (third level)
Holy Taxes Batman! Is that a typo?
Also 2010 first installment of taxes was $23,167.99 and was due April 1st. They have yet to be paid. See you in foreclosure.
If this sells above 4 million than it’s a better tax rate than what I pay.
Sweet place but have to ask – what kind of job allows your to spend $4 million on a home like this?
One would have to be uber wealthy for this…like 40 million plus and single. ANd if you were that rich why would you live west of Halsted? Whoever built this 1)Probably wasn’t uber wealthy enough to understand this and 2)Made a huge mistake. Awesome house though.
“ANd if you were that rich why would you live west of Halsted? ”
Uhh because it’s not 1990 anymore?
What $4MM+ house sold last week?
This one? – http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1701-N-Dayton-St-60614/home/13350184?
Wow that place on Dayton is a lot of money to be so close to the el tracks.
love this house, maybe when I win the megabillions lottery
I think this is the one that sold (not sure link will work – 2043 N Clifton):
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/2043-N-Clifton-Ave-60614/home/13352239
BOB “ANd if you were that rich why would you live west of Halsted? ”
Uhh because it’s not 1990 anymore?
Bob’s right. Anyone who can afford this is not going to be upset by the fact its not zoned in Lincoln Park Elementary…they can send their kids to Parker, Latin, et. al. Its in a nice part of LP.
Gorgeous place. I don’t the taxes are that steep for the price.
It’s not my style, but this one is awesome. Wasn’t this house featured on a local RE TV show a few years back? I remember the side courtyard.
I feel its rare that we see the modern/contemporary look done well. I know virtually nothing about the design elements of this style, but this house certainly “feels” right. Is it fair to say that modern design, above all others, requires the use of high end materials to get the look correct? I don’t love the lower quality big box finishes we so often see, but you can get the general traditional look with products from those stores. Is there an equivalent source of affordable contemporary building products or is the only way to truly achieve the look is to go high end?
That price drop changes everything. Call my accountant and write them a check!
why do people think this house is so beautiful. I think it is one of the ugliest eyesores out there (exterior – wise). Interior -wise, it is impractical. There are a lot nicer places/neighborhoods you can live for 4 million.
The house that sold last week was 2043 N. Clifton. Sold for $4.2 million.
Clio will love that 2043 Clifton sold for more than the 2006 price…and this is a better example than his Hinsdale one on the other post…
That kitchen is insanely cool. Not a big fan of those uber modern-style houses and I agree with Clio for my $4million I’d probably live somewhere else (like Lake Bluff).
I like the exterior but interior is not that great specially some of the bathrooms and their cabinetry reminds me of a hospital exam room.
It’s a matter of personal taste. The $4m mansions in Lake Bluff feel like museums to me.
Now these is a nice modern bathrooms:
http://www.bathroomfixtures.us/modern-bathroom-636.jpg
I don’t like 2043 N Clifton a bit. I guess as Jennifer said it is matter of personal taste after all.
Taxes are more than reasonable, no? I pay more in relative terms. Funny, I like the one on Clifton better. I know someone that recently bought a pre construction single family home in the neighborhood that was just completed. It was in this price range, but does not show up in websites like zillow and redfin. I’ve got a hunch that traditional style homes have a better chance of selling than these modern ones. This seems like some architect got bored or could find work and decided to build his vision in the middle of lincoln park.
Miu,
I fully agree on the bathrooms! Now, I need to find someone to put that in my back bath for a small amount. 🙂
We have pretty similar taste Benjamon it seems. If you find the guy, please do think of you pal good old miumiu : )
I thought you might know the guy…
I wish… I have a friend who lays tiles and I am getting friendly with out plumber who called me a liberal because I was reading CNN on my laptop…lol…but that is about it : )
I know a cheap but excellent painter….maybe we can piece it together! It may take a few years to finish but I’m not moving any place soon…especially if the predictions here come true!
“I have a friend who lays tiles and I am getting friendly with our plumber”
You lookin’ for someone who lays pipe?
HGTV is casting for the next season of Bathtastic…
for $4 million you’d be nuts to not prefer: http://www.redfin.com/IL/Winnetka/199-Sheridan-Rd-60093/home/13786271
But the poors are coming to Winnetka.
“But the poors are coming to Winnetka.”
oh jenny dont get me started on that, is it poor when to rent you need a 50k income?
Dan, get you mind out of the gutter. Our plumber is a 70 year old grand pa and the friend who lays tiles is a 50 plus married man from Italy. He needed help translating some documents so we helped him and then his wife and him invited us for Easter so now we are friends.
“Jennifer on April 19th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
HGTV is casting for the next season of Bathtastic…
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“We are looking for energetic homeowners who are open to “out-of-the-box” design ideas, live within 25 miles of downtown Minneapolis, Minn., and have a large bathroom in need of a makeover.”
—http://www.diynetwork.com/about-us/be-on-diy-bathtastic/index.html
“http://www.redfin.com/IL/Winnetka/199-Sheridan-Rd-60093/home/13786271”
I always get a kick out of the lake houses. They never used to be so expensive. In fact, the Percy home sold for the equivalent of maybe 1.2M in today’s dollars back in the 1960s. I remember checking the deed once when I had to pull an easement on one of our old properties in the “basement”…
Hideous. Cold. Clinical. Maybe some “avant garde” GaGa fan can recreate their own YouTube of “Bad Romance” in that red tile bath. Blah.
The spaces feel oppressive, not warm. The facade is a sore thumb on the block. Ah well; I could never afford it, so my opinion doesn’t mean much. And even if I could? No ma’am.
This is what I like to call a “Beetlejuice” house.
Groove77 on April 20th, 2011 at 6:51 am
“But the poors are coming to Winnetka.”
oh jenny dont get me started on that, is it poor when to rent you need a 50k income?
I was joking! It irks me too to be honest.
“I was joking! It irks me too to be honest.”
i got you were joking, but that debate hit my hot button and i am trying to avoid voicing my opinion on it as much as possible.
Down to $3.895mm.