The Home Ownership Thread

[imatlas]

Michael Jordan's place is still up for sale. A modest 56k sq ft on seven acres. Reduced to 12 million from 29 million after nine years on the market!

2700 Point Ln, Highland Park, IL 60035 | MLS #09814087 | Zillow

This 32683 square feet Single Family home has 9 bedrooms and 19 bathrooms. It is located at 2700 Point Ln, Highland Park, IL.

www.zillow.com

“Buy the least expensive house on the most expensive block you can.”

 

[PhilKenSebben]

Nut up and post that *********** design and furniture thread.

My Nuts are up. I assume I posted in the right place. Good to see Foo is still around

 

[ValidusLA]

Quite active in that thread. The Flatware Wars rage over there.

 

[NorCal]

Which of you ballers on a budget is I terested? I will proxy for you.

This is being sold at the williams sonoma at the local mall View attachment 1568842

Want to road trip out to Cali?

 

[sugarbutch]

My wife decided to cut down a tree in the backyard a while ago, but it grew in an awkward spot where an 8' retaining meets a 2' retaining wall at 90º, with the steep hillside behind the short wall hard up against a third side, so the stump has been sitting there since. She tired of looking at it and, to her credit, used garden hand saws to take care of a fair bit of it. She asked for help, so I assumed that I could do a better job of it. Wrong. The tree was some sort of hard wood, and the stump was still pretty green, so the sawing was really difficult. I broke out the Sawzall and a long demo blade which allowed me to get it down to about the level of the low wall. I then took a corded drill with a 3/4" spade bit to swiss cheese the remaining stump going below the top of the wall, then used the Sawzall to connect the dots.

I'm ******* tired.

 

[UnFacconable]

Michael Jordan's place is still up for sale. A modest 56k sq ft on seven acres. Reduced to 12 million from 29 million after nine years on the market!

2700 Point Ln, Highland Park, IL 60035 | MLS #09814087 | Zillow

This 32683 square feet Single Family home has 9 bedrooms and 19 bathrooms. It is located at 2700 Point Ln, Highland Park, IL.

www.zillow.com

If he really wants $29M all he needs to do is put it on a truck and send it out here like that recent victorian in San Francisco.

If I had $12M and wanted to live wherever that place is and could afford the exorbitant upkeep and security on a Vegas hotel type place, I would **** with that house. I mean, there are only 6 pictures but it looks nice to me.

For that price around here you can get a great house but not necessarily a ******* Bond villain lair. Here's an example of what $12M gets you in Palo Alto. The good news is that it's a lot cheaper to maintain a third of an acre and 7k square feet lol. Unless some long lost relative has nine figured to bequeath to me, I don't think I'm ever going to end up in that price range but hey, mo money mo problems.

 

[otc]

If he really wants $29M all he needs to do is put it on a truck and send it out here like that recent victorian in San Francisco.

If I had $12M and wanted to live wherever that place is and could afford the exorbitant upkeep and security on a Vegas hotel type place, I would **** with that house. I mean, there are only 6 pictures but it looks nice to me.

For that price around here you can get a great house but not necessarily a ******* Bond villain lair. Here's an example of what $12M gets you in Palo Alto. The good news is that it's a lot cheaper to maintain a third of an acre and 7k square feet lol. Unless some long lost relative has nine figured to bequeath to me, I don't think I'm ever going to end up in that price range but hey, mo money mo problems.

He's just nutty...probably thinks he can cash in on the name or something (but its been up for years, so who knows).

Who would buy that when you could get sprawling lakefront nearby for 10.95?

77 Stone Gate Ln, Lake Forest, IL 60045 | Zillow

77 Stone Gate Ln, Lake Forest IL, is a Single Family home that contains 9097 sq ft and was built in 1920.It contains 6 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $4,808,100, which has increased by $39,274 in the last 30 days.The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is...

www.zillow.com

 

[greekgeek]

So glad that we have a safe space to talk about Crate & Barrel, Restoration Hardware, and replica modern furniture.

Meh, unapologetically deep in the mass market suburban furniture ecosystem. C&B, PB kids, Anthropologie, Ikea and now with a console and side table on order, West Elm. Something about RH, maybe the scale or proportions in store seems abnormally large, didn't care for it at all.

No excuses...it all seems overpriced (x Ikea) and middling quality but the stores are all conveniently located to see and try it out and let's face it, I am not the only stakeholder for the furniture. (Know when to say when...).

Now that the basics are covered I wouldn't mind seeking out some more obscure makers as we fill things out and upgrade when kids are older.

 

[Nbarbar]

He's just nutty...probably thinks he can cash in on the name or something (but its been up for years, so who knows).

Who would buy that when you could get sprawling lakefront nearby for 10.95?

77 Stone Gate Ln, Lake Forest, IL 60045 | Zillow

77 Stone Gate Ln, Lake Forest IL, is a Single Family home that contains 9097 sq ft and was built in 1920.It contains 6 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $4,808,100, which has increased by $39,274 in the last 30 days.The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is...

www.zillow.com

Man Chicago real estate, it always blows my mind. Some of the properties from Winnetka north to Lake Forest are incredible and compared to other states so cheap. I've always assumed its because 1. IL is bankrupt and will at some point aggressively tax residents. 2. Chicago winters. 3. See point 2. But man there are some incredible properties, this being one of my favorites. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/405-N-Mayflower-Rd-Lake-Forest-IL-60045/4857805_zpid/ Noting it also sold for 5M USD recently which is 4.5M less than when I last checked...

 

[PhilKenSebben]

Want to road trip out to Cali?

I mean, **** yes. U-haul rental, drive out, I would do that in a heartbeat

 

[Gibonius]

He's just nutty...probably thinks he can cash in on the name or something (but its been up for years, so who knows).

Who would buy that when you could get sprawling lakefront nearby for 10.95?

77 Stone Gate Ln, Lake Forest, IL 60045 | Zillow

77 Stone Gate Ln, Lake Forest IL, is a Single Family home that contains 9097 sq ft and was built in 1920.It contains 6 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $4,808,100, which has increased by $39,274 in the last 30 days.The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is...

www.zillow.com

Apparently Jordan paid $11 million for it back in the 90s, so he's losing money even before inflation. Guess nobody wants gigantic mansions in Chicago, especially ones custom designed to be temples to another rich person.

 

[Gibonius]

Man Chicago real estate, it always blows my mind. Some of the properties from Winnetka north to Lake Forest are incredible and compared to other states so cheap. I've always assumed its because 1. IL is bankrupt and will at some point aggressively tax residents. 2. Chicago winters. 3. See point 2. But man there are some incredible properties, this being one of my favorites. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/405-N-Mayflower-Rd-Lake-Forest-IL-60045/4857805_zpid/ Noting it also sold for 5M USD recently which is 4.5M less than when I last checked...

Ferris Bueller's friend's house (the one with the Ferrari garage) is near Chicago, right off the lake in Highland Park. Even with the movie cache, it sold for $1.2 million, which would be insane around DC.

370 Beech St, Highland Park, IL 60035 - 4 beds/4 baths

(MRED as Distributed by MLS Grid) 4 beds, 4 baths, 4300 sq. ft. house located at 370 Beech St, Highland Park, IL 60035 sold for $1,060,000 on May 29, 2014. MLS# 08413066. THE BEN ROSE HOME-a mid-century modern architectural treasur...

www.redfin.com

 

[otc]

Man Chicago real estate, it always blows my mind. Some of the properties from Winnetka north to Lake Forest are incredible and compared to other states so cheap. I've always assumed its because 1. IL is bankrupt and will at some point aggressively tax residents. 2. Chicago winters. 3. See point 2. But man there are some incredible properties, this being one of my favorites. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/405-N-Mayflower-Rd-Lake-Forest-IL-60045/4857805_zpid/ Noting it also sold for 5M USD recently which is 4.5M less than when I last checked...

Fwiw, I would never want to live that far from the city and have the kind of job in the city that makes you enough money to afford those places.

Like...I know a couple who moved to the north end of Highland Park across from the lake... But one of them is a biglaw partner downtown. Maybe not a big deal when working from home but damn that commute.

But yeah, Chicago is cheap compared to the other major metros. Suburban property taxes can be huge in some of those areas,

The lake can be limiting... Compared to DC where you have suburbs all around, you're left with North, West, or... ****** Indiana. Commutes get long fast when you've only got 2 directions to go in that don't suck.

 

[Van Veen]

Ferris Bueller's friend's house (the one with the Ferrari garage) is near Chicago, right off the lake in Highland Park. Even with the movie cache, it sold for $1.2 million, which would be insane around DC.

370 Beech St, Highland Park, IL 60035 - 4 beds/4 baths

(MRED as Distributed by MLS Grid) 4 beds, 4 baths, 4300 sq. ft. house located at 370 Beech St, Highland Park, IL 60035 sold for $1,060,000 on May 29, 2014. MLS# 08413066. THE BEN ROSE HOME-a mid-century modern architectural treasur...

www.redfin.com

Could you even build that house for $1.2 mil (ignoring land cost)?

 

[Gibonius]

Could you even build that house for $1.2 mil (ignoring land cost)?

I don't know, but I definitely looked to see if I could transfer to Argonne National Lab back when it was up for sale.