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Your Guide has just listed a vintage four-room condo across the street from Uncommon Ground along Clark at Grace Street.  And in honor of Earth Day (only one week late) and Cubs season getting under way, is pleased to offer this home in a walk-to-everything location in Wrigleyville, the Southport Corridor, and even Boystown.

1221 W. Grace Street, #1 (right at Clark.)

List Price: $212,000

Assessments: $273     Taxes: $2,488

With a score of 91, you can safely assume that any, and all, neighborhood amenities can be found in a drunken coma – which you may very well be this close to Wrigley Field. 

Groceries – 1 block.

Food – across the street.

Movies – 2 blocks.

Health club – 3 blocks.

Oh, there’s so much more.  But what about the condo?

You’ll love this vintage 1-bedroom with loads of charm intact including Victorian fireplace, built-in mantle, wood floors & oak trim. True 4-rooms with large separate dining room! Modern upgrades include new windows, stainless appliances, new kitchen counters & maple cabinets. Deck and patio area steps outside.

A little something out of the ordinary for Your Guide:  Two commercial condo’s located in the heart of Roscoe Village on Roscoe Street right at the corner of Leavitt. 

Built in 2000, these two condo’s were sold separately, but are offered together for someone who wishes to assemble a space larger than you could ordinarily find on Roscoe.  Each unit features 1,500 square feet of street-level retail space – 3,000 total in the two units.  Each also has 1,500 square feet of space in the basement – another 3,000 total.

The building has residential condos above.  A reciprocal agreement covers sharing of expenses between the two commercial condos, and the residential condos.

Unit 1W is currently a tech office with a reception area, a conference room, a cube farm and bathroom upstairs.  Downstairs is a server room with its own A/C, and more private offices along a long hallway.

Unit 1E is currently an electronics store with a showroom, office space, a smaller showroom, and bath upstairs.  Downstairs is storage and various workshops.

Both the upstairs space and the basement space can be joined to make one large space.

4801 S. Forrestville, #3, located in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.

List Price: $218,500

Assessments: $175     Taxes: $3,479

This is another Fannie Mae HomePath Property.  Buyers can move in with as little as 3% down, and get 3.5% back to cover closing costs or to purchase appliances.  (Yes, this Fannie Mae owned home needs appliances.)

I’ve never seen a condo this large before.  Up in my neighborhood, developers would slice this building in half, and create front units and rear units with less than half the space of this condo.  This four bedroom, two bath home features 2,500 square feet.  The room sizes are ridiculous!  Check these out.

Living: 34 x 17

Kitchen: 17 x 11

Laundry: 8 x 8

Master bedroom: 21 x 11

Second bed: 14 x 13

Third bed: 14 x 10

Fourth bed: 14 x 13

The living room and hallway have wood floors.  The bedrooms are carpeted.  The baths, the kitchen and laundry room have white ceramic tile.

One bedroom needs paint as there’s spray paint vandalism.  The kitchen needs appliances.  But the central heat and central air are in place.  A large laundry room can hold a full size washer & dryer.  

Your Guide picked up another nice Fannie Mae owned property.  Within our Institutional Services Group, I’ve developed a reputation for listing the cream-puff properties. 

This adorable condo looks great from the outside, and the front rooms are spectacular.  But deeper within, needs some work.

7721 N. Sheridan Road, #2S

List Price: $224,900

Assessments: $153     Taxes: $2,514

Three bedrooms, sunroom, two baths, 1,700 square feet!

This condo located in Roger’s Park is a work in progress. 

The unit is spacious at 1,700 square feet.  It is well located just off of Eastlake Terrace along Sheridan Road.  The building is a gorgeous center-entrance six flat, and this unit is on the second floor.

A developer was in the process of renovating this condo, but wasn’t able to complete the project.  The floor plan is complete.  The floors are in good shape.  Windows are mostly replaced.  Drywall is all in in place.  The kitchen was mostly renovated with new flooring, new cabinetry and new counters.  There are no appliances in the kitchen.

The bathrooms were renovated, but have damage.  Bath tubs are in place.  Sinks are missing.  Toilets are missing.  And each bathroom has some ceiling damage, some wall damage, and/or some floor damage.  

From one end of the real estate spectrum to the other, Your Guide finds himself helping out Darrow West Team Member and Institutional Services Group VP Jeanne Darrow-Peck with their group’s bank owned properties.

Jeanne likes to point out that only I could be lucky enough to land a cream-puff of a listing such as this house located in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood.

5344 West Waveland

5344 West Waveland features a spacious floor plan, a finished second floor with dormers affording generous room sizes with good headroom, and a full finished basement.

On the main floor, you’ll find the living, dining & kitchen plus two bedrooms and one bath.  The whole floor has hardwood floors.

Upstairs, there are two carpeted bedrooms, a small sitting room between them and a brand new bathroom featuring slate tile, slate tub surround and new fixtures.

The basement is finished, mostly concrete floors, and has a large laundry room at the rear of the house.

Longtime Chicago residents will recognize the “Party Door” in the garage that opens up to the back yard affording a spot to party on when the weather turns during Chicago’s steamy and sometimes stormy summers.

List price for this home is a bargain at $224,500!

Taxes are $3,930

Fannie Mae Incentives:

• Special Home Path financing available with low down payment options!
• Bonus 3.5% cash back bonus (restrictions apply)
• Special prices on direct buy appliances with your 3.5% cash-back bonus!
• Relaxed guidelines on transfer taxes, prortions and closing fees!

Entertainment, wine, and cooking enthusiasts will covet this modern Lakeview home with superb amenities for luxury living: hardwood floors, granite countertops, spa baths, Viking and Sub-Zero appliances, skylights. Wait, it gets better: five fireplaces, media room in basement, brick wine cellar, custom woodwork and built-ins, and audio everywhere. This exceptional home is within walking distance to Southport Corridor and Roscoe Village – so ditch the car to enjoy the city’s best dining and shopping.

1735 West Newport

List price: $1,050,000

New Listing in Wellington Park is open this Sunday from 1:00 to 3:00.  1739 W. Wellington is a true three bed plus den/4th bed – rarely on the market in Wellington Park.  This home features 2,815 square feet on four floors of living, and a two car garage plus two car driveway.

1739 W. Wellington

List Price: $650,000

Open Sunday from 1:00 to 3:00