Want to Live in the Rafters? A 3-Bedroom Church Penthouse at 1547 N. Leavitt in Wicker Park
This 3-bedroom penthouse in Leavitt Church at 1547 N. Leavitt in Wicker Park came on the market in May 2021.
Leavitt Church was converted into 6 condos in 2004. It has heated garage parking, with an electric charging station, and a shared landscaped outdoor terrace.
This penthouse is a duplex up and has authentic loft features including exposed brick and timber ceilings along with timber rafters.
It also has skylights.
The first level includes two bedrooms and two baths along with the kitchen, living room, dining room and family room.
The listing says the kitchen has been “completely updated” with custom white Boffi cabinets, Silestone countertops and stainless steel appliances along with a breakfast bar with seating for 4.
There is a dual-sided fireplace.
The primary bedroom, which is on the first floor, has an en suite bath, a Juliet balcony, and a private lofted space with skyline views which the listing says could be a coffee nook or home gym.
The second floor, which is accessed via a spiral staircase or what looks like a ladder, has a third bedroom and bathroom and an office.
The property has all the features that buyers look for including central air, washer/dryer in the unit and heated garage parking is included.
This is the first time this penthouse has come on the market since 2004.
If this unit looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about the sister penthouse, #3S, when it first came back on the market in 2019.
See our chatter here.
Will this unique property go under contract quickly?
Paige Montgomery at KW Infinity has the listing. See the pictures and the floor plan here.
Unit #3N: 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, duplex, 2400 square feet
- Sold in September 2004 for $460,000
- Listed in May 2021 for $765,000 (garage parking included)
- Assessments of $397 a month (includes security system, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $15,203
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Dual-sided gas fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 14×13 (main floor)
- Bedroom #2: 14×13 (main floor)
- Bedroom #3: 11×10 (second floor)
- Living room: 16×13 (main floor)
- Kitchen: 17×10 (main floor)
- Family room: 12×18 (main floor)
- Office: 12×11 (second floor)
- Laundry room: 4×4 (main floor)
Quirky space, seems better suited for say an architects office or an ABnB Vs a home
Being taller than 6’ would guarantee a CTE future
I virtually hit my head a few times on the 3D walkthrough. Reminds me of bed and breakfasts tucked away in European old cities that aren’t quite up to code.
Fun and cozy for a couple of nights, but not for 5-10+ years.
Its hard for hunchbacks to find listings that speak to them. This is one.
between all the sky lights and the minimal insulation between the roof, it seems like it would be super hot up there.
$765K to live in an attic is a little less crazy than renters in San Fran paying $1200 a month to live in a 10 x 4 closet a few years back. Still crazy just less.
As JohnnyU said maybe an AirBnB but paying that much for an AirBnB? That’s alot of risk.
Just like the last one, the route to the 2d level bathroom from the rest of the 2d level is bananas.
The owner has a bar decently stocked with several types of hard liquor. While I could see why this place would drive you to drink, you’d need to be a remarkably agile drunk to survive in this place.
I wouldn’t live here for 2k a month. All that wood is not appealing to me and I would feel like I was living in an attic, rather than a penthouse. Not for me.
They fixed up Kevin McCalisters guest room pretty nice. I guess a 4th in the series is upcoming.
It is kind of neat at first glance, but definitely impractical living space. Kind of dark. Doesn’t really have any good direct outside view in living areas other than the sky lights. I wonder how they keep it cool in summer.
This is very nicely done, but I might get sick of those sloping ceilings. Kind of claustrophobic in places. Also, I’m not a fan of lofts – no privacy or separation from the rest of the unit. Kind of a waste of a room.
Still, if you want something unique, this could be the place. Might not appeal to the multitudes, but someone out there is going to like it.
Any chance of dormers in the back?
Both this one and the other attic unit appear to have been owned by single professionals. Which seems about right to me.
“As JohnnyU said maybe an AirBnB but paying that much for an AirBnB? That’s alot of risk.”
Does anyone honestly believe this condo association would allow short-term rentals?
Come on.
“between all the sky lights and the minimal insulation between the roof, it seems like it would be super hot up there.”
This was the comment when we chattered about the sister unit that was on the market 2 years ago.
Yet that seller managed to live there for FIFTEEN YEARS and this seller has lived there for SEVENTEEN YEARS.
Somehow, I doubt excessive heat is any kind of an issue.
“Fun and cozy for a couple of nights, but not for 5-10+ years.”
The original owners of the two penthouses lived there:
1. 15 years
2. 17 years
Hmm…