Category: Single-family homes
Bringing up baby: Family planning and homebuying in Chicago
Yesterday's Trib had an interesting story about buying and selling a home when you're expecting a child. For expectant parents selling their home in o [...]
KB Home surveys buyers likes and dislikes before coming up with Creekside at Inverness Ridge
What do Chicagoans want from a home? Developer KB Home decided to get answers to that question and sent our surveys to people who had bought a home be [...]
We like to watch: inside Prairie Avenue mansion
We've seen all the new developments that will bring historic Prairie Avenue into the future, but here's a look inside one of the mansions from it [...]
Bridgeport Village down to 11 single-family homes
This summer, Yo readers debated the merits of single-family home developments that resembled suburban subdivisions. The largest of those, Bridgeport [...]
Single-family homes in West Rogers Park going on the block
We often see developers close out or auction off the few remaining units in large condo buildings, but all five of the new-construction single-famil [...]
Lincoln Park manses attacked as vulgar and excessive
More news from the starter-castle market: Earlier today we alluded to the Chicago Tribune Magazine's fun little weekend spread "Attack of the giant [...]
It's a buyer's market in Lake Forest, Winnetka, where you can save a million or two
Deal of the day: The price of this 6,000-square-foot waterfront home in Lake Forest has dropped $2 million in six months to a paltry $6.9 million. Cus [...]
Mann makes space for a woman in Winnetka single-family home
Julie Mann considers herself an anomaly. As one of the only (if not the only) female general contractors working in luxury construction on Chicago's [...]
Construction progresses at Old Irving Park single-family home development
CA Development's single-family Village Homes are under construction in Old Irving Park, and, according to CA's Web site, only eight homes remain for [...]
Super-sized single-family homes squeeze into Old Irving Park
It seems like every week there is a new scientific study released saying that Americans are getting fatter, and, judging by the new-construction sin [...]
Long Grove and Kildeer maintain pastoral presence on Chicago's fringe
In the October issue of New Homes Magazine, Michael Austin takes a ride out to a couple of suburbs that might appear frozen in time if it weren't fo [...]
Galewood Crossings turns vast tract of open land into condos, townhomes, single-families
It's a whole lot of nothing right now, but, upon completion, the 50-acre site of Red Seal Homes' Enclave at Galewood Crossings will host 54 condos, [...]
The first-time buyer: Shame about the entryway
I know that many Yo readers don't seem to have a problem with buildings that aren't set back from the street, but I'm not a fan of them and I wonder h [...]
The first-time buyer: Choosy beggar
I don't mean to be mean - Ok, maybe I do. Here goes: who buys these little ranch houses? There, I said it. Got it off my chest. It was the chihuahua [...]
The first-time buyer: Streetside sex appeal
We're a shallow, looks-obsessed society. When our real estate agent bombards my email inbox with home listings I pounce on them, shuddering at the ugl [...]
Suburb-sized single-family homes spotted in the city
No, we haven't been wandering through Wilmette, this is one of the super-sized single-family homes at Brownstone Companies' The Residences of Regent [...]
The first-time buyer: Hitting the open houses
After our bar crawl through Avondale on Sunday we figured we probably should check out some open houses. We looked at three two-story frame homes. Eve [...]
The good life: fancy an indoor swimming pool?
We just can't help but hear Tony Bennett crooning "The Good Life" as we check out the 8,200-square-foot home for sale at 60 E Cedar St in the Gold C [...]
Restored Victorian single-family home on the market in Hyde Park
Speaking of grand single-family homes, this restored Hyde Park Victorian recently caught our eye. Located at 5216 S Blackstone Ave, the three-stor [...]
Abbott Labs to sell grand Ravenswood home
Abbot Labs bought the home of company founder, Dr. Wallace Abbott, at 4605 N Hermitage Ave, in Ravenswood, for $1.5 million in 2004. The company cons [...]