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The owners of the 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath split-level at 793 S Washington St have renovated the home over time to make it a warm and cozy environment. The main level opens into an L-shaped living / dining room with hardwood floors. Adjacent to the updated eat-in kitchen is an expansive deck overlooking a large ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 26, 2013
The new 6-bedroom, 5-bath home at 903 Chatham Ave is just two blocks from Butterfield Park. The soaring, 2-story entry foyer sets the tone for this 4,000 square foot home, introducing you to the high level of finishes and millwork found throughout. An unusual feature of the home, made possible by its 60-foot lot width, ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 21, 2013
The 4-bedroom, 2 ½ bath ranch at 453 East Court is on a quiet street a block from the popular East End Park. The park has a new pool, ball diamonds, lighted tennis courts, a basketball court, playground equipment, group picnic areas and outdoor restrooms. This light, bright corner-lot home has been nicely updated. Bay ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 20, 2013
The 4-bedroom, 4-bath Nantucket-style home at 249 E St Charles Rd is in a convenient center-of-town Elmhurst location. This like-new, spacious home was built in 2008 and boasts 3,000 square feet of open-plan living area. The home has a separate formal dining room with butler’s pantry, a large kitchen island adjacent to a breakfast area ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 19, 2013
The 3-bedroom, 2-bath ranch at 210 W Van Buren St has a great Elmhurst location. It’s diagonally across the street from Jackson Elementary School, a few blocks from Bryan Middle School, and close to everything that Oak Brook has to offer. The corner-lot home has been beautifully rehabbed and tastefully decorated. It has an unusually ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 18, 2013
The Emery House in Elmhurst, 281 S Arlington, was designed by Walter Burley Griffin for his friend and high school classmate, William H. Emery Jr. At the time the home was built in 1903 Griffin worked for Frank Lloyd Wright, and Wright’s influence is evident throughout this Prairie Style home. Griffin went on, of course, ...
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Posted by sponsored post on January 24, 2013
The 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath home at 153 Caroline Ave in Elmhurst is on a 50 x 191.8 foot lot with a deep, fully-fenced back yard. The 10 year-old home is listed for $795,000, and you can tour it in the above video. Some might consider it a great place to raise chickens – if ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 24, 2012
Realtor Tom Makinney bills this as a “seaside traditional home with formal flair.” The tastefully elaborate trim package, carried consistently from top to bottom, warrants the description. McGovern Builders crafted a gem in this 3,476 square foot, 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath home at 414 S Argyle. It boasts an open floor plan, high ceilings and ...
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Posted by sponsored post on August 9, 2012
Elmhurst’s many attractions include good public schools, a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly downtown, and great access to Chicago’s expressway grid. The attractive 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath Tudor home at 211 E St Charles Rd has a location that affords easy access to the best of Elmhurst. It boasts great curb appeal, a functional floor plan, vintage charm ...
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Posted by sponsored post on July 30, 2012
The 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath Prairie-style home at 153 Caroline is on an oversized lot in a great location — close to East End Park and its pool. The home is bright and open, with hardwood floors throughout, a thoughtful layout, and a large kitchen that opens through a wall of windows to a beautifully ...
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Posted by sponsored post on July 27, 2012
The 3,600 square foot home at 318 Fair Ave has a number of features you don’t often find in newer construction in Elmhurst, especially in a home priced at $725,000. For starters, there’s a 3-car garage, made possible by the home’s location on a wide lot. The home has a volume living room with a ...
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Posted by sponsored post on July 25, 2012
The 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 630 S Bryan St has an unusually high level of finishes and creature comforts for an Elmhurst home priced under $700,000. Some of those uncommon touches include a high-end kitchen, a large mud room, a large master suite with an adjacent deck and lavish bath, a sprawling third-floor ...
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Posted by sponsored post on July 24, 2012
The following market data is gleaned from the Elmhurst Real Estate Update published each month by the Gracik Makinney Group. The average sales price ($337,991) year-to-date April 2012 was 13.58% below the average price in the corresponding period last year ($391,100). The median year-to-date price through April also fell from $320,000 to $269,000, a 15.937% ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 1, 2012
The 4-bedroom, 2 ½ bath 2-story home at 964 Kent Ave in the Elm Estates neighborhood of Elmhurst will be instantly recognizable to tens of millions of people who grew up in homes very similar to it. It’s a classic layout from the 60s that’s stood the test of time and still works with the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 30, 2012
The 3-bedroom, 2-bath ranch at 826 S Fairfield Ave is an upgraded variation on the typical ranch home. The floor plan affords privacy to the bedroom wing and includes an eat-in kitchen, a separate dining area, and a light-filled living room with windows on two sides. The home has hardwood floors and crown moldings. There’s ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 10, 2012
South Street, with its broad expanse of front lawns and lush, colorful vegetation, is one of the most attractive streets in Elmhurst’s sought-after Cherry Farm neighborhood. The traditional, center-entry home at 257 South Street was expanded to include an open floor plan kitchen and family room, a second-floor master suite, and a sprawling recreation room ...
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Posted by sponsored post on February 17, 2012
I’ve seen quite a bit of west-suburban Elmhurst of late, and what struck me the most is the number of new construction homes underway on infill sites. You can tour one of those homes, on one of the prettiest blocks in the College view neighborhood, in the above video with Tom Makinney and Maria Gracik ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 17, 2011
The 5-bedroom, 5 ½ bath home at 757 S Berkley Ave rests on a pretty tree-lined street in the Lincoln Elementary School area in Elmhurst. The 3,617 square foot 3-story plus finished basement boasts a number of features that are unusual in its market niche, according to listing agents Tom Makinney and Maria Gracik of ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 10, 2011
I was in Elmhurst yesterday, shooting video tours of three homes listed with Tom Makinney and Maria Gracik of Koenig & Strey’s Gracik Makinney Group. I traveled between the videos by hopping in the car with Maria and then with Tom, and asked them to tell me about real estate and how life’s lived in ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 6, 2011
Elmhurst’s Crescent Park neighborhood is bounded on the west by Poplar Ave, on the north by St Charles Rd, on the east by I-290 and on the south by the Illinois Prairie Path. A small triangular park, Crescent Park, is at the center of the neighborhood, which has gently curving streets lined with mature trees ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 3, 2011
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