Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Modern amenities in this contemporary home include two fire places and lots of living space
From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally-friendly abodes, The North Shore is chock-full of one-of-a-kind homes. Each week, Patch features one ‘Wow House’ that caught our attention. This week Patch has an abode listed by Coldwell Banker at 851 South Northwoods Drive in Deerfield. Listed at $1,100,000, this dream home boasts a large living room and dining room separated by a two-sided fireplace. If fireplaces are important to you, there is also one in the master suite, one of four bedrooms in the house. A large family room can double as a fifth bedroom. Here, take a peek inside, and see what this high-end price tag fetches in 60015. Mike Hope will be happy to answer your questions at 847-323-9517 or Michael.Hope@…
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Modern amenities in this contemporary home include two fire places and 3,670 square feet of living space
From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally-friendly abodes, The North Shore is chock-full of one-of-a-kind homes. Each week, Patch features one ‘Wow House’ that caught our attention. This week Patch has an abode listed by Coldwell Banker at 851 South Northwoods Drive in Deerfield. Listed at $1,100,000, this dream home boasts a large living room and dining room separated by a two-sided fireplace. If fireplaces are important to you, there is also one in the master suite, one of four bedrooms in the house. A large family room can double as a fifth bedroom. Here, take a peek inside, and see what this high-end price tag fetches in 60015. Mike Hope will be happy to answer your questions at 847-323-9517 or Michael.Hope@…
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
This Lake Forest home has walls of windows, 11-foot ceilings, six fireplaces and a gourmet kitchen with a built in coffee maker and two dishwashers.
From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally-friendly abodes, the North Shore is full of one-of-a-kind homes. Each week, Patch features one ‘Wow House’ that catches our attention. This week, it's a $4.95 million elegant Lake Forest mansion. Located at 1390 Lake Road, this six-bedroom, seven-bathroom home is a Lannon Stone Colonial Revival that was designed by Stanley Anderson in 1936 on about two acres across from Lake Michigan. Its got walls of windows, 11-foot ceilings, six fireplaces and a gourmet kitchen with a built in coffee maker and two dishwashers. There's also a winding wrought iron art staircase. Is your home a ‘Wow’ House? Want to nominate a spectacular, unusual or just plain cool property on the North Shore? E-…
Monday, February 18, 2013
Patch has rounded up the priciest 'Wow Houses' we've run in the past year. If you like to ogle North Shore homes for sale, take a peek.
It's Presidents Day. Which may have you thinking about that impressive white house at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But we've got plenty of impressive abodes here on the North Shore, too. Each week, Patch features a "Wow House" for sale in our area. Today, we've pulled together the most expensive ones from our North Shore sites over the past year. Some are still for sale, others now have new owners. They all feature photos. So if you like to peruse photos of impressive homes for sale, click through to check out these impressive homes. $5.9 Million Deerfield House Has Nine Fireplaces This dream home boasts 18 rooms including seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, nine fireplaces and a grand ballroom. Jim McMahon's former $5.45M Northbrook Home For Sale …
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
This five-bedroom home has six fireplaces, 11-foot ceilings and plenty of windows.
From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally-friendly abodes, the North Shore is full of one-of-a-kind homes. Each week, Patch features one ‘Wow House’ that catches our attention. This week, it's a $2.15M mansion in Lake Forest. Located at 410 Waukegan Road, this five bedroom home is a new construction built on about one and a half wooded acres. Walls of windows allow a lot of natural light. The home also includes 11 foot ceilings, six fireplaces and a gourmet kitchen with a built in coffee maker and two dishwashers. There's also a winding wrought iron art staircase. Is your home a ‘Wow’ House? Want to nominate a spectacular, unusual or just plain cool property on the North Shore? E-mail us: lakeforest@patch.com.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
The Kenilworth house sits right on the shore of Lake Michigan.
This $5,250,000 Kenilworth house at 245 Sheridan Rd. in Kenilworth is designed by famed architect George Maher and sits right on the shores of Lake Michigan, with its own private beach. The home features seven bedrooms, four bathrooms and two half-bathrooms. The home also has a formal livingroom, a banquet-sized dining room and a master suite complete with a fireplace. This home is listed with Dinny Dwyer, with Jean Wright Real Estate. For more information on this house, email her at ddwyer@jeanwright.com or reach her by phone at 847-446-9166. For more news on real estate on the North Shore, be sure to 'like' the Winnetka-Glencoe Patch on Facebook and sign up for our free daily newsletter here!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
In Patch's ongoing real estate column, we look at a 5,000-square-foot, 102-year-old Evanston home designed by Dwight Perkins, a Prairie School architect who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Looking for a home for sale on the North Shore? Or do you just like to ogle pictures of gorgeous real estate? Each week, Patch features North Shore Wow Homes that fits the bill. Today's installment is a $1.7 million Evanston home at 2700 Lincoln St., built in 1911 and designed by Dwight Perkins, a noted Prairie School architect who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright. The three-story, 5,000-square-foot home has six bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths, and is located on 1/3 acre in north central Evanston. Prairie School details include 80 architectural windows to bring the "outside in," as well as crown molding, hardwood floors and period lighting. The living room features a wood-burning fireplace with oak mantel, while the formal dining room …
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Monday, February 4, 2013
The sale of the Sheridan Road home that includes 150 feet of lakefront is one of the highest-priced residential sales in Chicago-area history.
An unidentified bank trust has purchased an 18-room Winnetka lakefront mansion for $12.25 million, one of the highest-priced residential sales in Chicago-area history, Chicago Tribune reported. Patrick Haynes, a private-equity executive, first listed the home for $13.9 million in July 2012, ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com reported. The Sheridan Road house, built in 1928, includes an elevator, six-car garage, six bedrooms, eight full baths and three partial baths. Plus, there's a pool overlooking the home's 150 feet of Lake Michigan frontage. Want to peek inside more mansions? Check out our Wow House column.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
In Patch's ongoing real estate column, we look at a Georgian-style brick home surrounded by lush trees.
Looking for a home for sale on the North Shore? Or do you just like to ogle pictures of gorgeous real estate? Each week, Patch features North Shore Wow Homes that fits the bill. Today's installment is a $3.14-million house at 1750 Braeside Ln., built in 1998, near the Sunset Ridge woods in east Northbrook. The 8,500-square-foot home rests on a 1.2 acre lot and features six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two partial bathrooms, an outdoor pool and a golf range. For more information, visit the home's Coldwell Banker listing.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Glencoe home also features four floors of views of Lake Michigan.
Looking for a home for sale on the North Shore? Or do you just like to ogle pictures of gorgeous real estate? Each week, Patch features North Shore Wow Houses that fit the bill. This stunning $4,900,000 Glencoe home — located at 60 Harbor St. — was custum-built with four floors of stunning views of Lake Michigan, 109 feet of private beach and a stunning deck with tiered balconies. The home also has five bedrooms, nine baths (five full and 4 half), a chef's kitchen, an elevator and an indoor poll with a jacuzzi and spa. Check out the two bars and plenty of space for entertaining. The home is listed by Oleg Trifonov with Coldwell Banker. For more information on this or other homes in the area, contact him at (847)529-7780 or via email at …
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8:17 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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