A NOT SO GLAMOROUS LOOK AT THE UNDERBELLY OF CHICAGO'S HOUSING MARKET
All photos taken live from Chicago properties & environs
All photos taken live from Chicago properties & environs
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Child Confused...About Everything
The six year old child of potential buyers who were looking at this turn of the century Logan Square two flat bombarded her parents with questions after the family shared an extended and very awkward moment of silence.
"Mommy, why are the sheets on the ceiling? Daddy, why is there a cat on the wall? Why is is one octopus happy and one mad? Why do the legs of the happy octopus look like something my friend Connor has? Mommy, do people really live here?"
Logan Square
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fabric ceiling,
frame,
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mural,
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two flat,
victorian,
vintage
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Federal Reserve Sells Penny to GE
Buyers of this still under renovation Lincoln Park two flat were surprised to find GE's newly released penny-light, which has promised users that the recent surge in Chinese toggle sales with not affect Americans' ability to use their lights because it's new switches have been specifically designed to turn on with your "now worthless pennies." Critics have complained of GE trying to capitalize on the popularity of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln".
Lincoln Park
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three flat,
two flat
Monday, May 20, 2013
Family Goes Invisible During Showing
Unable to determine why nobody would purchase their modernist condo, a Boystown family decided to go invisible for their most recent showings in an effort to hear what buyers really thought of their home. "I didn't know androgynous albinos were mutes as well." seemed to be the most common observation.
Boystown - East Lakeview
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lakeshore,
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modernist,
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realtor,
sculpture,
seller,
showings,
statue,
vintage
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Sequester Affects North Center Post Office
As the median home prices in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago skyrocket, and the U.S. government sequester forces federal agencies to cut services or find other sources of revenue, the local North Center post office has announced that it will sell it's lucrative branch office to a developer who is turning the 9,300 square foot facility into a LEED certified luxury single family home for a middle aged couple and their small child.
Energetic and civic minded residents have recently unveiled their replacement post office, something they assure fellow residents will never be sold, unless, of course, Whole Foods is interested in opening an urban drive-thru.
North Center
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buyers,
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LEED,
lincoln square,
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mail box,
north center,
Post Office,
real estate,
realtor,
school,
sell,
single family,
unique,
whole foods
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Roman Hero Struggling in Chicago Basement
After slaying hydras, lions and other assorted monsters, Italian immigrant Hercules has found life in America quite difficult as he struggles to provide heat for a presumably cold trio of families in this rapidly aging Lincoln Square brick three flat.
Lincoln Square
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Hercules,
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myth,
north center,
ravenswood,
real estate,
realtor,
Romans,
three flat
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Family Lion Prevents Bidding War
Lured by the rarely seen affordable price tag on this Bucktown single family home, several anxious couples packed the home's slightly dated quarters whispering in hushed tones about their plans to tear down, expand, blow-up, re-build and granite out this century old dwelling. Upon exiting the property, each of the buyers told their realtor how much to bid until they were rudely interrupted by the lion guarding the front door, who brusquely told them, "keep walking. you don't want this place." The lion is currently in negotiations to acquire the property.
Bucktown
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logan square,
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oz,
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realtor,
seller,
single family,
statue,
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Wicker Park,
yuppy
Friday, May 3, 2013
SpongeBob Shows His Dirty Side
Tired of concealing the fact that his sponge is dirtier than children realize, Ukrainian Village resident Bob Yushenko, better known to those outside Chicago as SpongeBob, has made it clear to the potential buyers of his historic brick four flat that there are two ways to handle things. When the excited buyer asked SpongeBob if his kid could use the urinal, the porous pauper grunted, "not have money to do everything the two way, but I open window for your boy, go ahead."
Ukrainian Village
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pee,
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realtor,
school,
spongebob,
ukrainian village,
Wicker Park
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