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Posts tagged "Video"

The Planes, Trains & Automobiles house for sale in Kenilworth

You’ll hopefully be able to reach 230 Oxford Rd in Kenilworth with fewer mishaps than Steve Martin and John Candy endured on their way there in Trains, Planes & Automobiles. The 6-bedroom home has three full and two half baths, a 3-car garage on a 90 x 160 lot within two blocks of Lake Michigan... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
May 1, 2012 at 10:22 pm
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Renovated rental townhomes in the heart of Winnetka

Library Place townhomes are in a convenient location steps from the very urban heart of downtown Winnetka. Shops, restaurants, schools, parks, a Metra station are all within easy walking distance – and some of the best North Shore beaches are nearby. The floor plans, from 1,800 to 2,200 square feet, feature 3 bedrooms, 2 or... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
April 19, 2012 at 11:05 am
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This week's rental pick is in Wilmette's Kenilworth Gardens

It’s been a while since I singled out a North Shore rental pick. This week’s focus falls on 2240 Kenilworth Ave, a 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath home in Wilmette‘s Kenilworth Gardens offered at $3,300 a month. There isn’t enough information online to determine whether the home qualifies as special in any way, or whether it’s... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
March 29, 2012 at 11:28 pm
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Lake Bluff home at $1.9M below 2005 price

The single-family home at 1780 Shore Acres Rd in Lake Bluff sold for $3,000,000 in November of 2005 and recently came on the market for $1,100,000. The home has some impressive specs for the price and the location: 2.66 acres, 4 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths, 5 fireplaces, 6,590 square feet of living space, and a... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
March 25, 2012 at 5:04 pm
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Is Kenilworth the home value champ or just another chump?

One of the features of Chicago Magazine’s April issue, which hits the stands this week, is a series of charts on how home values have performed between 2006 and 2011 in Chicago’s neighborhoods and suburbs. Only one suburb, according to data supplied to Chicago Magazine by the local MLS, saw an increase in home values... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
March 15, 2012 at 8:16 pm
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Chiasso expands the Wilmette-Skokie home furnishings corridor

Old Orchard mall is home to Crate & Barrel, Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, Toms-Price and Williams-Sonoma. Just north of the mall you’ll find Ethan Allen and Room & Board and Chiasso, the latest addition to what’s become a home furnishings destination corridor. The Lincoln Park-based store, which specializes in “simply modern design,” opened several months... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
March 4, 2012 at 4:49 pm
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A Wilmette home with a whole lot of space

“A whole lot of space” is how Chicago Magazine’s Dennis Rodkin, in the above video, sums up the historic home at 1137 Greenwood Ave in Wilmette. The home just came on the market as a new listing, but that’s because it was delisted during the holiday season. Rodkin wrote about the home last September after... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
February 14, 2012 at 8:31 pm
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Tour a restored David Adler gatehouse in Lake Forest

David Adler was one of the most prolific and prominent architects and designers during the era of the “great American house,” and the North Shore suburb of Lake Forest is a showcase for some of his best. Adler’s clients were often willing to spend lavishly on detailing even the outbuildings on their estates to create... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
January 25, 2012 at 11:01 am
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Video from a New Year's Day Wilmette open house

If you guessed that no one would visit an open house on New Year’s Day, you would have guessed wrong. Within 50 minutes of the time it opened, nine couples had visited the newly-built 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath home at 1148 Isabella St in Wilmette, and several more arrived before I left. They came from... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
January 2, 2012 at 4:17 pm
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Spacious Northfield home with indoor pool at 20% below 2001 price

The 6-bedroom, 5 ½ bath home at 2456 Hedge Row in Northfield sold for $1,237,500 in June of 2001. When I shot the above video, in November of last year, the home was listed at $1,150,000. It just came back on the market at a list price of $949,900. The home has unusually large rooms... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
December 15, 2011 at 2:16 pm
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