Category: Single-family homes
Naperville couple throws in a Hummer with the house
It seems that the growing inventory of unsold homes is making sellers resort to all kinds of tactics. RedEye reports that a Naperville couple is off [...]
Bridgeport Village: another suburb in the city?
Our post on Bridgeport Commons, a city development with a suburban feel, drew some impassioned responses from our readers, ranging from "AAAAAAAAAAG [...]
Bridgeport Commons: a slice of the suburbs in the city
Rounding out today's focus on new construction in Bridgeport, here's a look at Ranquist Development's Bridgeport Commons, a convincing replica of a [...]
Can't afford a starter castle? Try West Lake View's $1 million-plus specials
Yesterday we showed you the starter castles in Roscoe Village; today we present the new breed of $1 million-plus single-family homes. These homes, o [...]
Starter castles in Roscoe Village
Check out the mini-mansions in this tony little enclave - paved red brick and all - built mostly by JDL Development Corporation on former industrial [...]
North Shore new-homes shootout fizzles with Wilmette winner
Yo's own Wilmette gunslinger keeps his powder dry - for now - in the North Shore new-homes shootout. The competition for the best new-construction h [...]
Sign of the times: Roscoe Village
You might be in Roscoe Village if ... you sidle up to the bar for a beer and find a baby's bottle waiting for you instead. Yo's truly is researching a [...]
Work in Progress: The Arches at Oakwood Shores
After recently wondering whether The Arches at Oakwood Shores will some day be known as the neighborhood Oakwood Shores, we headed down to the develo [...]
Garages with space for a couple of SUVs and a science project at Beacon Pointe
Ryland Homes is offering buyers three-car garages at its new Hoffman Estates development Beacon Pointe. That's enough space for a couple of big a** SU [...]
The $4.3-million fixer-upper on Prairie Avenue
The Marshall Field manse is being divided into condos, but this 1870s stunner, across the street at 1900 S Prairie Ave, is going it alone. The eight [...]
Exhibitionists only at West Loop single-family home
Floor-to-ceiling glass in high-rises may offer an open view into one's condo, but only from people in other high-rises. You'd have to be awfully com [...]
What's worse than building your home over Indian burial ground?
Homeowner Anton Jankuski figured something was wrong when strange cracks started to appear and the doors would no longer lock at his house in Manteno, [...]
Land of the high-end rentals: $3,000 one-bedroom in Lincoln Park
In a quick listings search this morning this single-family house turned up as the priciest one-bedroom rental we found in the city, at $3,000 per mont [...]
Armour Park Homes nears sell out
Only two single-family homes remain at Armour Park Homes, a development of 40 single-family homes with five distinct floor plans in Armour Square. T [...]
Rogers Park house shows its spots
Do you believe that some things are so tacky they exceed tacky and cycle back to cool? Nah, neither do we. But we did almost run over a whole parade o [...]
When all else fails, there's always Plan B, at The Sanctuary Club
Here is a rendering for one of the single-family home designs at Jacobs Homes' The Sanctuary Club in the village of Kildeer in Lake County. The proje [...]
Bucktown house says, here's looking at me, Chicago
You don't have to be a voyeur to appreciate the bold exhibitionism of this house in Bucktown. We considered a lame line about people living in glass [...]
New homes from Jacobs make parenting a breeze
If you guessed this photo was of the cloakroom at a local grade school and not part of a new single-family house, you might be forgiven. To cut down o [...]