Bowmanville, Chicago, Illinois - January 2015 About Bowmanville Located in Chicago, Bowmanville is on Farragut west of Damen. Average taxes in Bowmanville $4,015 Average association fees in Bowmanville $213 ($0 - $260) Average home size in Bowmanville 1,367 ft2 Average lot size in Bowmanville 0.00 acres Average year built in Bowmanville 1967 Homes for sale in Bowmanville Address Beds Baths Built Price 1830 Farragut Ave. 3 3.1 2014 $1,150,000 5241 Hoyne Ave. #3 2 1.0 1926 $254,000 5355 Winchester Ave. #1 2 1.1 0 $249,000 5255 Wolcott Ave. 2 2.0 1961 $405,000 Sales Summary for Bowmanville (Jan 22, 2014 - Jan 22, 2015) # of Sales Average Days on Market Average List Average Sale Ratio% 6 85 $697,000 $679,167 97.4% HomesByMarco sold over 300 homes last year Thinking of selling your home in...
This is a Chicago home that one of my buyers purchased. What we didn't realize and this was a first for me and was missed by the inspector, was that the beam supporting the home had two problems: (a) one section was cracked and it wasn't straight. It looked like a jig zaw puzzle! How could that have been? There where clothes hanging on both sides of this beam all the way from the front of the house to the back of the house. The inspector even commented that he was amazed that the people were so organized that they were moving all packed stuff towards the middle of the basement (where the beam was!). WARNING!!! Let that be the first clue that something is amiss in that area, whether it be the beam or whether it be the floor in the basement. I had this with another home but the ...
I wish I had pictures to share with you from Chicago's Bowmanville's Community Street Sale but I was pretty busy this morning and early afternoon selling. The Sale began at 9:00 sharp this morning and the license permits were up for every home participating. Merchandise, collectibles were displayed and people came from all over! The Bowmanville Neighbors advertised in Ebay as well as Craiglist. We put flyers up at local stores, shops to promote the event. There were even passouts that people were walking around with identifying the locations of the homes participating. What I noticed and appreciated from this Street Sale was the community. They got together, they work hard with the Green Space, keeping the neighborhood clean, Block Captains, and then, the flyers came out on the car...
What an amazing week we have had here in Chicago. We started out with finally being able to put our winter clothes away and actually enjoying the warmth. SHORT SALE OPPORTUNITY: 4007 N. Leamington #3, Chicago, Illinois has a New Asking Price of $114,000. This is a two bedroom, one bath top floor condominium Unit in a small intimate complex. PRICE REDUCTION: 2720 E. 198th, Lynwood, IL - also has a New Asking Price of $174,900 and is competitively priced and stands out from those in the neighborhood with it's all new mechanical systems in the last five year with the furnace and hot water tank being this past year! Icing on the Cake is the entire newer Windows, Anderson Patio Door, Front Firebreglass Door with windowset, serious siding, architectural shingles, gutters/downspouts,...
BOWMANVILLE COMMUNITY NEWS: If you are not familiar with this small quaint community, Bowmanville which is north of Foster and whose boundaries are Western on the west, Ravenswood to the East and Berwyn and Bowmanville Avenues to the north. Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 24th at 7 p.m. and join us to catch up on all the latest on the Bowmanville scene as the BCO ("Bowmanville Community Organization") will be hosting it's "Winter Warmup and Scooter Raffle" to be held at Scoitterworks, at 5410 N. Damen Avenue. All residents and friends of Bowmanville are welcome! The Scooter Raffle is designed to support Bowmanville's Greenspace Chicago Program. What exactly is Green Space about? It is a concept of creating a neighborhood yard. An area where it will serve multiple purpose...
Nice mess, eh? Accidents happen. Pure, plain and simple. There always is a percentage of fault based upon the rules of the road, who was doing what, when and where. This scene is actually from the Transformers movie and is staged. One of the biggest bloopers and bleepers that I have seen here in Chicago in the Lincoln Square and Bowmanville neighborhoods is what the homeowner thinks, believes, that they can get away with gutting out rooms over the weekend without permits, get that dumpster in there for those three days and haul everything out. I saw a lot of it going on during the Christmas to New Years holidays and it is actually a smart time to try and get away with it because the City of Chicago is low on personnel and do you really think your neighbor would turn you in? H...
Today, I was remembering when I was young waiting to take drivers education only to find out that I was so short that I had to sit on two telephone books to see over the steering wheel and had to adjust the seat forward as far as it would go. Talk about frustrating! I passed drivers education, even with the dated phone books! I needed that ID because in my mindset, it gave me the right to drive and drive, and drive to where ever my little heart desired as long as the gas tank held out, that is. It didn't matter if my picture was nasty looking or what, I had that drivers license in my wallet and I felt validated. Everybody at or near the age of driver education desires to have that card with the photo on it that allows us to drive. It gives us the ability .... Today, I was looking at...
