Despite low housing inventory, record low interest rates, and a glut of buyers, some Chicago home sellers can't manage to sell their houses. Such sellers are adamant they know what their home is worth, and if a neighbor who clearly had inferior faucets and less exotic hardwood floors could sell his house, then their home is worth the premium. When asked if they might be acting a bit greedy, the owners of the non-selling homes were fairly unanimous in their opinion - they'll save their mortgage payments for a couple of years, let the bank foreclose, rent somewhere nearby, and buy again in two to three years.
Andersonville TAGS agent, alley, andersonville, black magic, bowmanville, buyers, chicago, foreclose, garbage, greed, home, lincoln square, marketing, occult, Ouija board, overpriced, realtor, sellers, short sale, The Big Short weegee, squeegee An untreated addiction to home renovation shows compelled one Chicago home buyer to offer on this 'lovely home in need of some TLC.' Local castration professionals have cited a correlation between the rise in house remodeling programs and wait times for appointments.
West Town TAGS addiction, agent, buyer, castration, chicago, dilapidated, divorce, hgtv, home repair, horror film set, house remodeling, househunters, northside, professional, realtor, renovation, TLC, West Town, Wicker Park, plaster, lath Avondale home sellers are being forced to reconsider staging their homes with bike parts from Craigslist. The rapid increase in bicycle thefts across Chicago has seen a glut in demand for used bicycle parts leaving some bike burglars covering their windows to prevent other bike burglars from burglaring their recently burgled bikes.
Avondale TAGS agent, avondale, bikes, blue line, broker, burglars, buyer, chicago, demand, fixed gear, hamburglar, homes, logan square, realtor, security windows, seller, staging, thieves In an effort to appeal to the small but growing number of home buyers who are appalled at the rapidly disintegrating conditions of the house-nesting dust mite, the seller of this Bronzeville rowhome enlisted the professional expertise of neighborhood carpet salvagers to create a rug so luxuriantly beautiful that dust mites would no longer have to be concerned with their eradication at the hands of hardwood floor elitists who have exhibited a wholesale philistinism toward the rights and habitat of our most beloved allergens.
Bronzeville TAGS 70's, agent, allergy, Bronzeville, buyers, carpet, chicago, dust mite, elitist, flooring, hardwood, home, hyde park, philistine, real estate, renovation, salvage, seller, shag, south side Selling a home requires money to update and repair all the neglected items homeowners have ignored over the years. But after years of dumping money into their homes, many sellers refuse to spend more money on something they want to turn around and sell. This Albany Park home creatively tried to blend cost savings while appealing to the new hipster element slowly moving into the neighborhood. The owners are just hoping buyers don't decide to try on a hat.
Albany Park TAGS agent, albany park, bidding war, buyers, chicago, creative, hats, hipster, Irving Park, lice, lincoln square, listing, neighborhood, pork pie, realtor, sellers, staging, unique, water damage For a certain class of Chicago homebuyer, one seeking out historic properties at a low low price, there are elements of the 19th century they are hoping discover: tin ceilings hidden above a dropped tile ceiling, ornate molding stacked in an attic corner, stained glass windows buried in drywall, coal chute doors behind a piece of plywood.
One discovery in Garfield Park has lit up the DIY chatrooms - basement walls mounted on freestanding bricks. With so manyChicago basements subject to water penetration, homeowners spend inordinate amounts of money to keep basements dry only to find that the wily ways of water found yet another point of entry. Now the deal seeking buyers of Garfield Park greystonesare recognizing the inherent genius in a forgotten turn of the century innovation. When one online commenter suggested, "you hipster idiots should get your heads examined", he was bombarded by posters telling him to, "go back to Lincoln Park" and "yuppie scum don't get re-use". Garfield Park TAGS agents, basement, bricks, chatroom, chicago, damage, diy, flood, Garfield Park, greystones, hipster, historic, homebuyer, humboldt park, idiot, lincoln park, realtor, vintage, waterproof, yuppie The prospective buyers of this Pilsen two flat refused to purchase a property that didn't have at least two bathrooms on one floor. After an exhaustive search, they discovered, behind a flapping piece of plywood, a secluded defecation alcove, nestled snug between the exterior porch and brick garage, lovingly heated by a dryer exhaust vent with unobstructed views of their tenant's kilowatt usage. The wife suggested making the toilet composting. The husband added that a skylight could be nice. And they lived happily ever after.
Pilsen TAGS agent, bathroom, brick garage, buyers, chicago, compost, cozy, crapper, creative, green, listing lies, meters, outhouse, pilsen, property, purchase, real estate, two flat, water views With the internet pushing to reduce the real estate profession the way of stockbrokers and video store clerks, more realtors are looking for ways to offer value to their services. One Logan Square agent is promising sacrificed animal carcasses and Native Americans to assure a speedy and successful home sale. When the sellers of this Logan Square vintage home asked if the real estate agent also included staging as part of their services, they were confidently told, "with me, you don't need staging, just the Indian and some discarded fruit scraps."
Logan Square Bucktown once hosted one of Chicago's largest collections of worker's cottages, compact brick A-frame structures that were a precursor to the more well known 'bungalow', both providing an affordable version of the stand alone home so many apartment dwellers craved. Now these endangered monuments to architectural modesty act as charming totems reeling in neighborhood migrants with their "oh, isn't that home cute" looks only to serve as designer landfill for their future 5400 square foot hedge fund cottage, a wall-less box of namaste nastiness.
For those doubtful of the phenomenon, we shall look at the neighborhood's most current cottage to come to market, fully habitable and shown here, with the following listing headline, "Attractive Bucktown Cottage, followed by the captivating:Property has been in same family since 19th century , which was then buttressed with this pithy remark: Prime Bucktown lot for new construction. Bucktown TAGS affordable, agent, box home, bucktown, bungalow, chicago, hedge fund, historic, listing, luxury, neighborhood, new construction, new money, realtor, renovation, tear down, vintage, Wicker Park, worker's cottage, yuppie, namaste, preservation In a bid to attract more discerning and eco-conscious buyers,developers and sellers alike are beginning to offer zero water toilets. While initially only popular with buyers hailing from particular countries, more environmentally savvy buyers are now requesting this resource saving dynamo. This home seller told reporters, "after dropping $100,000 on a geothermal heating system, and another $200,000 for a backyard windmill, it's a real relief to only spend a few thousand bucks on one of these."
Rogers Park TAGS agent, buyers, chicago, china, crapper, crunchy, developer, dump. plunger, eco, environment, Evanston, green, low flow toilet, northside, potty, realtor, rogers park, seller, roto-rooter |