We Love 3-Bedroom Penthouses in Converted Churches: 1243 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park
This 3-bedroom duplex in a converted church at 1243 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park just came on the market.
We’ve chattered about a lot of church units in the past.
It has exposed brick, bamboo floors and skylights.
The listing says it has a chef’s kitchen with granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
The unit has a private balcony but it also has roof rights in case you want to build your dream deck.
Two of the three bedrooms are on the second floor with the third on the main level with the living/dining/kitchen.
The property has all the other features buyers look for including central air, in-unit washer dryer and heated garage parking.
It is listed $20,000 under the 2005 price at $499,900.
It is one of the rare 3/3s (instead of 3/2s).
Is this an attractive price for 2000 square feet in this neighborhood?
Jenna Smith at Redfin has the listing. See the pictures here.
You can also see it in person at the Open House on Sunday, February 19: 11 AM to 1 PM.
Unit #3: 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2000 square feet
- Sold in September 2001 for $427,000
- Sold in July 2005 for $520,000
- Currently listed at $499,900
- Assessments of $267 a month
- Taxes of $6618
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- Has roof rights
- Bedroom #1: 22×11 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 19×10 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 14×10 (main level)
No idea on the price, but the interior is really nice. I’m surprised the bedrooms are so large. The assessments seem too low though.
I would buy this in a New York minute. We just need to sell our current place.
I like it.
F’ing sad, how do you take a church and them come out with this bland fail of a conversion.
someone needs a hard kick in the nutz.
If it has a microhood over the range, it is not a “chefs’ kitchen.” Cabinetry and appliances here are also run of the mill. I guess the wretchedly overused phrase “chefs’ kitchen” is supposed to appeal to folks like the ones on Househunters who oooh and aaah over what appear to be Home Depot type stainless appliance packages.
This is about as exciting as toast
Poor eleanor, her parents were so hip, now reality is setting in, off to the burbs since Wicker park isn’t exactly kid friendly, and who wants to pay for public schools and no grass, kids need grass!
Chef’s kitchen in realtor speak really means ‘newer kitchen’. “updated kitchen’ means the kitchen has been remodeled at least once since the house was built, but no less than 15 years ago; ‘recently remodeled kitchen’ means something ‘new’ in the kitchen been for listing – new paint, new handles, refinished cabinets, new fridge, etc.
I like it.
Yeah, the kitchen is starting to look a little run of the mill, but this is a lot of space for the money. I’d take this over a basement duplex anyday. Having 3 LARGE bedrooms is extremely rare, not to mention the great room is really large enough for a real dining room table and real furniture. Most CC bitch about a 10 x 9 bedroom. It wouldn’t take much to breathe some new life into the place – updated kitchen, hardwoods throughout, paint, etc.
This is a deal imho.
Well, on the plus side the exterior isn’t nearly as ghastly as the last church conversion you featured. But, I doubt it would be possible to build out a more generic interior. Blah beyond belief.
“Most CC bitch about a 10 x 9 bedroom.”
i dont need a bedroom bigger than that, i just sleep there. i do need a place to put real couches life sized dining room tables and room so i dont have to mount the tv over the fire place and deal with neck problems.
Groove77, I don’t need large guest bedrooms either, but some folks on here think condos should have 20×15 sized second bedrooms with walk in closets… all for less than $250k. One of the bedrooms in this place would make a very nice den/man cave, plus you have the very large living space. 3 baths is nice too.
This could be a really nice place with some very minor updating although in its current state it would be just fine for 95% of home buyers who aren’t up on latest trends in housing. It is dated, but only to folks who consider themselves ahead of curve.
If the street is nice and close to amenities, this could be a great place.
“i dont need a bedroom bigger than that, i just sleep there.”
First miumiu (yesterday), now Groove.
Please stop with the overshares.
Quite sad I might add.
“I don’t need large guest bedrooms either, but some folks on here think condos should have 20×15 sized second bedrooms with walk in closets”
LOL, and as long as my bed fits i am good i just need CLOSET SPACE. i will take a 10×9 bedroom with a 10×15 closet any day of the week 🙂
still this bland property is just that bland and nothing about it says unique why should one pay 500k for it?
in groove’s defense, if there’s space to sleep there is space for luv. or a nooner as he calls it
I don’t think it’s too bland, sort of bland, but the exposed brick is great and it looks to have higher ceilings than usual. With some good decorating it could be pretty nice actually… the size is what makes it!
kids need grass!
I cannot believe everyone let that slip by
while its not a Chef’s kitchen by cc criteria, it’s not a bad looking one either. I’ve seen a lot worse in terms of time since updated. I’d color shift the cabinets and you’d be in good shape.
So, it’s six units. How are they laid out? Is it 4 3d-4th floor duplexes, and two 2d floor units? #4 and #5 had mostly the same description as this one in their listings.
The kitchen is commensurate with the price point of the house. I don’t understand why everyone enjoys cooking so much.
I think this looks really nice. The exposed brick helps the first floor not seem bland, and what can you expect of the second floor vinyl sided addition plopped on top of the church?
The space is big, three baths is a plus, the nieghborhood is nice. My guess is the price can’t be that far off, but I don’t know WP that much either.
This coming from the resident waif.
“The kitchen is commensurate with the price point of the house. I don’t understand why everyone enjoys cooking so much.”
Its a hobby jenny, you know like collecting stamps or being annoyed at things/people/places
I was going to post that a bedroom should have room for a king sized bed and a few dressers, anything extra is just a bonus!
“My guess is the price can’t be that far off”
#4 sold for $470 in ’09 and #5 (claiming 2 15×6 balconies) for $495 in ’10.
The comparable on the market places nearby are mainly first floor units, many listed for almost as much, or sometimes more.
But, if you need 3 bedrooms in this neighborhood, I’d go with this place:
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1745-W-Potomac-Ave-60622/home/39575934
Sonies, it’s a depressing hobby because a person spends hours cooking only to spend a few minutes eating and a bunch of time cleaning… nothing to show for the hobby except a fat body.
“I was going to post that a bedroom should have room for a king sized bed and a few dressers”
Which is at a bare minimum, what, 12×12? Assuming that doors/windows/outlets are laid out well (which is quite rare, really). More like 14×15 if the door/window locations are trouble for the king bed and case goods, no?
“But, if you need 3 bedrooms in this neighborhood, I’d go with this place:
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1745-W-Potomac-Ave-60622/home/39575934”
This place looks like a cross between a Carraba’s and a Chi Chi’s.
“So, it’s six units. How are they laid out? Is it 4 3d-4th floor duplexes, and two 2d floor units? #4 and #5 had mostly the same description as this one in their listings.”
It looks to me like it is 4 “penthouse” duplexes. I wonder if this is one of them that faces the back? That would be undesireable. Also curious as to what is meant by roof rights – that you own the space above this unit only? http://www.dreamtown.com/buildings/Wicker-Manor.html (has floor plans).
yes anon bare minimum 12×12 or 11×14 perhaps would be acceptable
jenny, you are such a negative person, no wonder you can’t find a man, in fact i’d be surprised if you had any friends!
What exactly do you enjoy in life? Besides moping about how everything sucks on cribchatter
“What exactly do you enjoy in life? Besides moping about how everything sucks on cribchatter”
Damn, we need that wiki:
1. giant land tortoises
2. video gaming at home
3. fruit
4. being made to wait for a table at any bar/restaurant
5. at least enough bathrooms to deal with a household food poisoning emergency
icarus for the wiki
please add jenny’s aversion to cooking/cleaning/and equating eating your own cooking is purely to make you fat and not sustain human life
” I wonder if this is one of them that faces the back?”
The front ones have the juliet balcony, while the rear have the larger decks. This one is a front.
“This one is a front.”
I’d imagine jenny is a bottom
don’t forgot an aversion to crucifixes in the bedroom.
speaking of bathrooms, how do people feel about a bathroom without a tub, only a shower?
“speaking of bathrooms, how do people feel about a bathroom without a tub, only a shower?”
Beginning to question our choice of wikimaster. You gotta know that groove hates shower only.
” how do people feel about a bathroom without a tub, only a shower?”
*A* bathroom w/ only a shower–totally fine. *All* bathrooms w/ only a shower–bad news, at least for a family home–where do you wash the dog/kids/whatever?
Answer possibly different for a 1 bedroom apartment.
this is only for 20 somethings to like: really cheap looking
“where do you wash the dog/kids/whatever? ” bird bath in the sink of course.
“Answer possibly different for a 1 bedroom apartment.” or a 2/1 condo?
I agree… if there are two bathrooms, it’s fine if one just has a shower as long as the other has a tub. If there’s just one bathroom, it should have a bathtub and shower. I would prefer both bathrooms to have tubs, but if the shower is luxurious, that’s OK too. I would much rather have a bathtub/shower combo than just a plain stall shower.
“Beginning to question our choice of wikimaster. You gotta know that groove hates shower only.”
after a tough game i couldnt live without soaking in an epson salt bath. if only one bathroom it has to have a tub.
you really only need one tub in a home. basement utility sink is very versatile
“you really only need one tub in a home. basement utility sink is very versatile”
Daddy never lets us use the adult tub – we have to use the tall one in the basement by the washer!
Not that it actually matters, but this looks like an ex-synagogue to me. Anybody know the history?
Garage doors, vinyl siding on “penthouse” tell you all you need to know about this place before you go inside. No imagination. I sometimes wish there were an aesthetic emissions tax.
“No imagination. I sometimes wish there were an aesthetic emissions tax.”
LOL you are now my new best friend, thank you.
Yes, google says it is former Tiphereth Zion synagogue.
Nice flickr stream here of northside shuls:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eliezerappleton/sets/72157622398538246/
“But, if you need 3 bedrooms in this neighborhood, I’d go with this place:
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1745-W-Potomac-Ave-60622/home/39575934”
Now THAT’s a 3 Bedroom LOL 22,000 square feet with a 56 x 58 ballroom.
“where do you wash the dog/kids/whatever?”
Maids bathroom. Has drain in floor and one of those pull out sprayers (btw.. that was a totally different picture I drew, when I first typed that and left out the r in sprayers)
how many offers and at what price do you guys think this will sell?
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1828-N-Bissell-St-60614/home/13350134
synagogue makes it perfect for dan
Jenny are you married, engaged or single?
What does everyone think of the news of cookcountypropertyinfo.com going live April 1 combining the assessor’s, ccrd, and other websites?
Sure should make getting info easier!
🙂
Gurl, no.
Im not a big Church guy as far as living in one
But I think this place is pretty sweet (for a condo)
HD, you have a thing for curmudgeons dont you
This is under contract now, I’m not sure how recently that happened.
Whoa. Here’s another unit in this building that is probably way over-improved and $200K more!
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1243-N-Wolcott-Ave-60622/unit-4/home/12715146