I’ve only been to a handful of weekend open houses, but from what I gather, there’s one basic rule that most agents observe: Don’t leave the sales center unmanned. I’ve even had agents hand me the keys to every unit in the building so that I can look around the building without pulling them away from their sales centers. However, yesterday at Clybourn Green‘s open house, at 2401 – 2409 N Clybourn Ave, there wasn’t an agent to be found in the entire building.
I spent about 20 minutes taking photographs, reading the marketing brochures and wandering around Clybourn Green before giving up and showing myself out. I did find a furnished two-bedroom whose long, narrow hallway reminded me of some of the older apartments I’ve rented in Hyde Park.
One odd feature of this second-floor unit is that the living room’s bay window is so close to the traffic light that you could almost reach out and touch it (below, at left), serving as a reminder of the constant traffic jam below.
Even though there was nobody around, I could tell from looking around the sales center that insulation is important to the developer because there was foam lying around (below, at right), and there were a few window cut-outs in the walls (below, at left). Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate agents Tod Pratt and Elizabeth Lothamer recently posted an informative YouTube video explaining most of Clybourn Green’s green features including some information on the insulation.
– Rate and review Clybourn Green at NewHomeNotebook.com