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The contemporary brick home at 1837 N Hermitage Ave in the trendy Bucktown neighborhood has 3 bedrooms and 3 ½ baths. A striking feature of this home is the floor-to-ceiling bay windows that flood the home with light. The architected added a bay window to the garage as a playful feature. The kitchen and bathrooms ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 5, 2013
Attention to detail is evident throughout this 8,000 square-foot custom home built on a 37.5-foot wide lot in Lake View’s attractive Southport Corridor. The home, at 3720 N Greenview Ave, is listed for sale at $2,750,000. Koenig & Strey associate, Michael Shenfeld takes us on a video tour of this “Smart Home,” which boasts 5 ...
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Posted by sponsored post on January 4, 2013
If you like the idea of waking up to Lake Michigan views, you may want to view this home tour of 303 Sheridan Road in Winnetka. Koenig & Strey associate, Beth Groebe walks us through this 5-bedroom classic stone and cedar home that was designed by Spencer S. Beman in 1937. The current owners have ...
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Posted by sponsored post on January 3, 2013
Koenig & Strey agent Karen Ranquist is our tour guide for an award-winning 5-bedroom, 3 1/2 bath home at 1625 N Wolcott Ave in the heart of Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood. This 5-level home includes many amenities, including an elevator, a custom Valcucine kitchen, a 4-car tandem garage and many upgrades. There are multiple outdoor living ...
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Posted by sponsored post on January 2, 2013
Koenig & Strey‘s Winnetka office ran an immensely successful Toys for Tots drive this holiday season. Donors, many of them daily repeaters, and almost all of them anonymous, gave gifts that would be welcomed in the most affluent households in the community. On Sunday, December 17, Koenig & Strey agents gathered at the office to ...
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Posted by sponsored post on December 20, 2012
Koenig & Strey associate Missy Jerfita takes us on a video tour of a stately all-stone 5,000+ square foot home at 3737 Lawson Road in Glenview. Meticulous craftsmanship and extraordinary finishes carry throughout this gorgeous home that features a chef’s kitchen and fully-finished lower level. The home has 6 bedrooms, 5 ½ baths and is ...
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Posted by sponsored post on December 7, 2012
The Thanksgiving holiday is a time for sharing with family, with friends and with the larger community. Chicago’s North Shore communities rank among the most affluent in the area – and in the entire country. Their wealth can easily obscure the fact that some residents of the North Shore are needy, and some may be ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 5, 2012
The Glen in Glenview has been one of the most successful mixed-use master-planned communities in the nation. It has been developed over more than a decade on the 1,100-acre site of the former Naval Air Station, which closed in 1995. The Glen includes a wide variety of housing types and styles, including loft apartments, condos, ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 3, 2012
Located near downtown Glenview in the Henley-Dewes-Linneman area, 1957 Henley St is a spacious and sunny 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath colonial with hardwood flooring throughout. The updated kitchen opens to a large family room with sliders leading to a beautifully landscaped back yard. Listing agent Vittoria Logli of Koenig & Strey’s Jerfita Team is ...
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Posted by sponsored post on September 22, 2012
The Fountains of Arlington luxury condo development is a stately vision as you drive down Rand Road in the northwest suburb – a pair of buildings with architectural detailing, arched windows and relief from your ordinary apartment complex facade. A community of more than 100 units, this newer development is close to transit, schools and ...
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Posted by sponsored post on August 15, 2012
Grand homes and tree-lined streets can be found throughout Winnetka and this cedar-shingled Colonial home at 213 Linden certainly fits the profile. With six bedrooms, a brand new kitchen and large rooms, there’s plenty of room to spread out. The lush outdoor spaces compliment the traditional home in the Crow Island and New Trier school ...
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Posted by sponsored post on August 13, 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
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
Just a block from the park fronting Lake Michigan in Southeast Evanston is a stately home at 1038 Sheridan Road. Built in 1925 and designed by renowned architect Robert de Golyer, the home has been fully updated and renovated while retaining its classic character and grace. It’s listed for sale at $1,399,000. The home boasts ...
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Posted by sponsored post on July 17, 2012
Take a tour of 4116 N Greenview Ave, a brand new 6 bedroom, 3.5 bath home on an extra deep lot in Lake View’s Graceland West neighborhood. The solid home features hardwood floors, custom millwork over-sized fireplaces. Wired for sound and light, you’ll find all the appointments you’d expect in a luxury single-family home. The ...
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Posted by sponsored post on July 16, 2012
A 3-story Colonial home at 2767 Sheridan Rd in northeast Evanston is under contract after 30 days on the market. The 14-room, 6-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home has a partially-finished walk-out basement and was listed at $1,350,000. The home, which was designed by Robert de Golyer and built in 1919 on an 88 x 214 ...
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Posted by sponsored post on June 20, 2012
Our tour of this estate begins with a golf cart ride around its 6 landscaped acres – fitting, given the home’s proximity to Butler National and the Oak Brook Golf Club. The grounds include formal gardens, broad expanses of lawn, an in-ground pool with hot tob and pool house, and a lighted tennis court. The ...
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Posted by sponsored post on June 7, 2012
City living in the suburbs is how Missy Jerfita of Koenig & Strey describes this luxurious 4000 square foot, 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath townhome in The Glen in Glenview. The Glen is a complete neighborhood built on the former Glenview Naval Air Station base that includes parks, a lake, various housing, recreational facilities, shops, entertainment and golf. ...
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Posted by sponsored post on May 16, 2012
For the second week in a row the number of MLS-listed homes, apartments and condos in 6 north lakefront ZIP codes reached a new high since we began tracking earlier this year. There are currently 581 units listed for rent in the MLS from Lincoln Park north to Rogers Park. That amounts to less than ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 14, 2012
At 7000 square feet on nearly one and a half acres, this home in The Glen of South Barrington is big and bright with incredible outdoor spaces. Lake Adalyn, in the center of the community has a sand beach for swimming and walking trails for taking in the vast green space of The Glen. The ...
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Posted by sponsored post on May 10, 2012
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