You Can Live in a Townhouse in Printers Row: 801 S. Plymouth
Who knew there were townhouses in Printers Row?
This 2-bedroom unit at 801 S. Plymouth, which is at the south end of Printers Row, is a two story townhouse with its own private patio entry within the larger 198-unit condo building.
According to the listing, the kitchen and baths were recently renovated. The two bedrooms are located on the second level where there is a skylight.
There is central air and the townhouse has an in-unit washer/dryer.
Alan Shultz at Coldwell Banker has the listing. See more pictures and a virtual tour here.
Unit #B: 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1425 square feet
- Sold in October 2002 for $322,000 (looks like it included the parking spot)
- Currently listed for $399,000 (plus $40,000 for parking)
- Assessments of $442 a month (includes the cable)
- Taxes of $2992
- Wood burning fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 14×17
- Bedroom #2: 13×17
That’s a really good size so close to downtown. To have private patio space is incredible. A smaller 2 bedroom north of the loop in any high rise would start at $450k and easily reach $700k.
Eric
pet peave: when there is a virtual tour link and all the virtual tour consists of just the same picture as the listing.
Anyone familiar with this building. Are these really townhouses or just duplex condos + patio within a bigger building? With that high of assessments it seems like it would be more ‘condo-like’ than ‘townhouse’. Do townhouse owners get to use the condo building/ammenities?
Tom – townhouse is a form of building/unit design. This is a townhouse (aka an attached rowhouse)
A condominium (aka condo) is a form of ownership (which is often misused as a form of building/unit design). A townhouse, single-family house, or apartment can be a condominium. That just means the private space is “owned” individually, but all “public” space is usually owned collectively by the Association which is made up of all the individual owners.
Mostly likely this townhouse owner is part of the overall building association (with the apartment tower adjacent.
Also, this is decidedly not Printer’s Row. Unless, we start calling all of Dearborn Park I & II also Printer’s Row. It’s close, but not really.
I was going to look at one of those townhouse/condos with a patio near this one that was around 325k I think, but it sold before I could go see it.
It is very nice, but again the assessments are going to kill its valuation. 375k with parking is my guess.
I’m pretty sure the assessments are so high because it has a pool right outside the patio.
There is no pool at 801 S Plymouth. The assessments are on-par with the condo units though. Unit #514 is for sale and has $394/month assessments.
The patio itself is not very private. Almost all of the courtyard-facing condos at 801 have a view down into the patio.
The west windows on the townhome on the first floor get a lot of adjacent foot traffic from people walking north from 9th street into the main condo entrance.
I think this is a great deal so close to the loop. A similar size condo in a high rise north of the loop would run $200k+ more.
Eric
Much better than Dearborn Park!
Compare this to the penthouse unit at 40 E 9th #1902 which is now priced at $395k with parking.
#1902 is bigger (listing has been adjusted down to 1650 sq ft), has lake views from inside and the more private deck, and is in a building with better amenities.
http://cribchatter.com/?p=6470
“#1902 is bigger (listing has been adjusted down to 1650 sq ft),”
Looks like CC knew better than whoever put the data into MLS, even tho we’d never been in the unit.
Papu;
Help me, whats wrong with Dearborn Park? This looks like a number of buildings in Dearborn Park.
I’d love to hear more of the history of the Dearborn Park townhomes and some reviews. I used to walk past many of these on my way to work and I always wondered. One thing I never understood is why the neighbors didn’t take better care of their patio space. Maybe it’s a situation where many of the original buyers still live there and have lost most of their passion for gardening?