We Love Duplex Up 3-Bedrooms With Rooftop Decks: 3453 N. Racine in Lakeview
This 3-bedroom duplex up at 3453 N. Racine in Lakeview has been on the market for a year.
In that time, it has been reduced $89,900.
The living room has 25 foot vaulted ceilings.
Two of the 3 bedrooms are on the main level with the third on the second level- which is currently being used as an office/family room.
There are skylights and 3 outdoor spaces- including a small deck off the front, a small deck off the back and a 20×20 rooftop deck from which you can see Wrigley Field.
The kitchen has white cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
The unit has central air, washer/dryer in the unit and 2 car parking.
It is now listed just $56,000 above the 1999 purchase price.
Is this a deal for the square footage and location?
Susan Wooten at @Properties has the listing. See more pictures here.
Unit #3N: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2100 square feet, duplex up
- Sold in November 1999 for $394,000
- Originally listed in July 2010 for $539,900
- Reduced numerous times
- Currently listed for $450,000
- Assessments of $193 a month
- Taxes of $6585
- Central Air
- In-unit washer/dryer
- 2 car parking
- Bedroom #1: 15×12 (main level)
- Bedroom #2: 13×10 (main level)
- Bedroom #3: 18×15 (second level)
- Rooftop deck: 20×20
Ridiculous to call this a 3-bedroom place. Even the listing agent (somewhat) acknowledges this.
I think maybe the title on CC is wrong? The listing says 2BR more than once.
Anyway I really like this under $400.
2 car parking
Separate living and family rooms.
Private roof deck.
All features that are pretty rare and desirable for 2BRs in this neighborhood.
originally listed for 539k??!?!? I’ll have whatever smoke they having.
I say $375k but it will sit for awhile still beforehand.
I live a block away. I’m going to the open house Sunday. Will report back.
Do we get Guv Rod’s house on Monday? I hope so!
Wonder if you could enclose that front deck as a sunroom.
“Wonder if you could enclose that front deck as a sunroom.”
You’d need the South unit to do the same so the building looks uniform.
Great location and I love the deck, but the interior looks very Naperville to me. Perhaps that can be addressed.
That half turret thing on the front is seriously ugly…
The “3rd Bedroom” has no doorway on the stair and has a wide open wall to those 25 foot ceilings of the LR. There is no coat closet. The wood floors are very short stock and jam-packed with pale yellow wood filler. The “2nd Parking space” is not a legal space and would require a 250 point shuffle to get into. It is a very tight driveway. (It really gets my dander up to realize that the 3rd BR and 2nd parking space are pretty blatant uh…. untruths.)
I’m pretty sure the decks are original. The hallway to the master BR deck was turned into a closet. There is a crack running through 2-3 feet or so of the master bathroom floor tiles, which says to me that there is an issue underneath.
And the sides and garage are made of the dreaded **SPLIT BLOCK**.
The outdoor spaces are really lovely. I like the actual livability of the layout, with the exception of having nowhere to hang your winter coats and boots after a hike up the stairs.
I love the outdoor spaces. It’s too bad there are a lot of less desirable aspects.
Oh, and I think the listing originally said Blaine SD, it is not, The school district it is in is also very good AFAIK, but still.
Split block boom construction at it’s finest. Even the garage is split block.
Have fun with that.
Walked through this place a few weeks back – the bathrooms are a little dated but the place is nice overall. I loved the outdoor spaces. I believe they put some money into the kitchen after they were getting poor feedback from potential buyers. Even though they did some work, I think they kept the price the same. It’s a nice place. Guessing it will go for $410k.
“Do we get Guv Rod’s house on Monday? I hope so!”
It hasn’t been listed yet even though the Tribune and the Sun Times are all saying it’s for sale. It could be “on the market” as a pocket listing- where the realtors tell all the other realtors “hey- it’s for sale if you have a client interested” but they don’t list it on the MLS.
Until it goes on the MLS- I don’t really consider it “for sale.”
But when it IS officially listed- we’ll chatter about it!
“I think maybe the title on CC is wrong? The listing says 2BR more than once.”
The Redfin listing has it as a 3-bedroom. I didn’t even notice that the @Properites listing calls it a 2-bedroom.
Looks like that “third bedroom” – is really the lofty family room/den area.
Yeah- it should officially be a 2 bedroom.
I thought the turrets were supposed to be higher than the structure?
That overall view from the curb is truly something hideous. It’s as if the architect changed his mind 2/3rds of the way through construction.
Can someone tell us about the pros & cons of split block? I’m unfamiliar. Thanks.
Re: Brad F
“Can someone tell us about the pros & cons of split block? I’m unfamiliar. Thanks”
In short, it’s bad news.
http://www.deckerhomeservices.com/Split_faced_block.htm
We saw this place earlier this year…its smaller than you’d think, and at the time they were calling it a 3br, which is a sham. that “3rd bedroom” didn’t have a closet or anything. the outdoor spaces were cool though, but with the split block construction i wouldn’t touch it.
Not enough against-wall kitchen counter space. Once you put down toaster, coffee makers and knife block, you’re out of space. Also, the lofty family areas end up unusable for sleeping or quiet activities because there’s no sound barriers to other areas of the house. This place will be a first-time-homebuyer’s first-mistake.
Yeah, the only pro of split face block is the pro-fessional who pocketed a slightly higher margin by cutting that corner. the fact they had to pass a law to insist said material needed to be waterproofed says it all to me.
I walked through this yesterday.
This is a 2BR no doubt about it.
But that upstairs loft creates a ton of living space. The place LIVES more like a 3BR than a generic 2BR. You could make the upstairs loft into a bedroom pretty easily – the half-bath is upstairs but a shower could easily be added.
One of the downstairs baths needs some updating. The roof deck wood is in bad condition as Ingrid said. The roofdeck can support a hot tub – the south unit has one on their deck. The outdoor spaces are truly great. Roofdeck has views of Willis, Hancock on one side, Wrigley on the other.
$375
Sold recently for well above my and everybody else’s estimate. Hot neighborhood 😉
Since SoCo wants to make us guess, I’ll link:
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/3453-N-Racine-Ave-60657/unit-3N/home/13381371
$450k.
SoPo is getting out of control hot!
– $450k for this glorified 2BR
– $1.5MM for that 3or4BR penthouse a few months ago
– Rosie O’Donnel in a bidding war.
crazy