Comments on: Why I Love Vintage Buildings http://www.thechicago77.com/2009/03/why-i-love-vintage-buildings/ Comprehensive Chicago Real Estate Information Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Co-ops Are Different | The Chicago 77 http://www.thechicago77.com/2009/03/why-i-love-vintage-buildings/#comment-296 Co-ops Are Different | The Chicago 77 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:02:12 +0000 http://www.thechicago77.com/?p=788#comment-296 [...] aren’t many co-ops in Chicago, but occasionally one comes up in an MLS search and my buyers always ask about them. I know of [...] [...] aren’t many co-ops in Chicago, but occasionally one comes up in an MLS search and my buyers always ask about them. I know of [...]

]]> By: rickey gold http://www.thechicago77.com/2009/03/why-i-love-vintage-buildings/#comment-136 rickey gold Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:53:12 +0000 http://www.thechicago77.com/?p=788#comment-136 Great article, Rod. I totally agree with you. But then I live in a vintage building. The space is great and in this case, our "apartment" has lots of closet space (for me, not for my husband as he often reminds me). The downside: radiator heat can either be turned "on" or "off". No in between. And periodically the pipes need to be flushed out which means water turned off while this is done. Plus, there's no where to grill unless we want to go to the park. On the other hand, there's dual central air...especially nice if one of you likes it cold and the other prefers tropical. That said, I can understand why you opted for a townhouse. But if you hear of anyone who's looking, the apartment on the top floor (12) is vacant. And has a view of Belmont Harbor. Sweet! Rental company is Lakeview Assoc on Belden. Great article, Rod. I totally agree with you. But then I live in a vintage building. The space is great and in this case, our “apartment” has lots of closet space (for me, not for my husband as he often reminds me).

The downside: radiator heat can either be turned “on” or “off”. No in between. And periodically the pipes need to be flushed out which means water turned off while this is done. Plus, there’s no where to grill unless we want to go to the park.

On the other hand, there’s dual central air…especially nice if one of you likes it cold and the other prefers tropical.

That said, I can understand why you opted for a townhouse. But if you hear of anyone who’s looking, the apartment on the top floor (12) is vacant. And has a view of Belmont Harbor. Sweet! Rental company is Lakeview Assoc on Belden.

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