Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom row house at 3810 N. Alta Vista Terrace in Lakeview came on the market in October 2017.

It’s also been for rent off and on since.

You may recall that Alta Vista Terrace is a Chicago Landmark District.

These 40 row homes were built from 1900 to 1904 and were built to look like London row homes.

From the Chicago Landmark website:

This street represents one of the last real estate developments of Samuel Eberly Gross, a highly colorful realtor responsible for the construction of thousands of houses in the Chicago area. Sometimes called “A Street of Forty Doors,” Alta Vista Terrace displays a lively variety of architectural styles and detail, yet every townhouse on one side is duplicated with only minor variations at the diagonally opposite end of the block. The distinctly human scale creates a unity and harmony rarely found elsewhere in the city.

This row house is on a 24×38 lot and has wood floors on the main floor.

The kitchen has painted white cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops.

All 3 bedrooms are on the second floor along with a bathroom that appears to have a claw foot tub.

There’s a full bath in the basement along with a family room and the laundry room.

There’s a bricked back patio, but it’s unclear whether or not there’s parking as some have parking on their brick patios on this side of the street.

The row house has central air.

In 2017, we chattered about the row house next door which had a similar layout.

You can see our chatter here about 3808 N. Alta Vista (where we debated whether Millennials would want to buy on this street.)

That row house finally sold in June 2018 for $760,000.

You can see those pictures here.

3810 was listed in October 2017 for $844,000 but has been reduced to $775,000.

What will it take to finally sell this row house?

Mollie Murphy at State Street Properties Chicago has the listing. See the pictures here.

3810 N. Alta Vista Terrace: 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2074 square feet

• Sold in April 1991 for $318,000
• Sold in August 1998 for $470,000
• Sold in July 1999 for $529,000
• Sold in June 2003 for $617,500
• Sold in February 2006 for $693,500
• Originally listed in October 2017 for $844,000
• Reduced (was also available to rent)
• Currently listed at $775,000
• Taxes of $10,510
• Central Air
• No parking (?) – some do park on their back brick patios
• Bedroom #1: 16×15 (second floor)
• Bedroom #2: 13×10 (second floor)
• Bedroom #3: 9×12 (second floor)
• Living room: 14×15 (main floor)
• Dining room: 10×15 (main floor)
• Family room: 23×24 (lower level)
• Laundry room: 9×11 (lower level)