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New Construction Homes For Sale in Winnetka
For a while after the housing bust there was very little new construction going on on the North Shore with the exception of custom built homes for specific clients. But now, new construction has had a rebirth and builders are aggressively buying up property and building spec homes also. (A spec home is a home that is built without having a buyer).
Currently there are five (non-custom) new homes being built in Winnetka, ranging in price from $1,499,000 at the low end to $2,975,000. What do you get for that extra million and a half dollars? A bigger piece of property, a bigger house, a four car garage (vs. two car), more bells and whistles (eg., sauna, media room, etc.) and higher end finishes.
You can see all the Winnetka new construction homes available in the MLS here. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, let us know as we often have access to properties that are not listed in the MLS. and we can facilitate an introduction to the builder to see if there might be a fit between what you are looking for and what he is planning to build.
If you are interested in finding out more about new construction in Winnetka or anywhere else on the North Shore, call us at 847-881-6657 or drop us an email. We have extensive experience working with new home buyers, sellers and builders. We can help you select the right builder for your needs and budget, find a property on which to build, select an architect, choose paint colors and finishes and guide you in all facets of the project. With Come Home North Shore at your side, you can be sure you will make wise decisions for your lifestyle and your pocketbook.
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Grammy Winner Howard Levy To Perform in Winnetka
Winnetka may be a small village but sometimes we get treated to some big talent.
That’s the case this coming Sunday, February 24th when The Howard Levy Quartet will perform at Winnetka Congregational Church’s third annual Jazz Vespers.
You may not have heard of Howard Levy, but he is probably the world’s foremost harmonica jazz virtuoso and has won two Grammy Awards for his artistry. Said Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune, “Certainly no one playing jazz harmonica these days approaches the technical wizardry, stylistic breadth and improvisational creativity of Levy.” Read the rest of this entry »
Winnetka Lakefront Estate
If someone blindfolded you and plopped you down outside this magnificent lakefront home in Winnetka, you’d swear you’d been transported to the shores of Lake Como. The Mediterranean architecture, the lakefront setting and Mariani designed landscaping can easily fool you into thinking you are at the summer residence of an Italian count. Once inside, you might think you’d landed in the Beverly Hills mansion of some celebrity. The villa has every room anyone can imagine having in their dream home, and then some. And all of them are done to the max by interior designer Alessandra Branca.
Listed for $13,900,000 it’s not the most expensive home for sale on the North Shore. Michael Jordan’s Highland Park home is still on the market for $29,000,000 and there’s another Winnetka home a little further north on Sheridan Road for $15,975,000. But this home is by far the most elegant of the three.
The home looks like it’s been there for a century but it was actually completely rebuilt from 2005 to 2007. It has eighteen rooms, including six bedrooms, each with an en suite bath, lounge, media room, sauna, wine room, his and her offices, gym, play room and belvedere.(I had to Google that one: it means “a roofed structure, especially a small pavilion or tower on top of a building, situated so as to command a wide view.” On a clear day you can see all the way to the Sears Willis Tower from the belvedere. All of the formal rooms face the lake. The home also has a six car garage and a heated driveway.
If you’d like to see this or any of the other fine homes on the North Shore, please call us at 847-881-6657. We’d be happy to help you!
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Winnetka Neighborhoods: Greeley
Greeley School: Go West, Young Man?
“Go west, young man” was advice generally attributed to Horace Greeley, a 19th century American newspaper editor and presidential candidate, and was advice followed by many who arrived in Winnetka in the 19th century. However, Greeley School was not named for him but rather for a popular Winnetka resident, Samuel Sewall Greeley.
Greeley School, an elementary school (grades K-4) located in the southeastern part of Winnetka, opened in 1912. Mr. Greeley encouraged the community to build the school in this area so that students on the east side of town did not have to cross the railroad tracks to get to school. (previously, all elementary students had attended Horace Mann School, located where the post office sits today.) Since its opening a century ago, Greeley School has been modernized many times, most recently in 2009. The school’s attendance area is bounded by Tower Road on the north, Green Bay Road on the west, Winnetka Avenue on the south and Lake Michigan on the east. Basically it covers all of east Winnetka except a small section north of Tower Rd., which is served by Hubbard Woods School.
Homes in the Greeley neighborhood are typically traditional in style like the rest of Winnetka: Colonials, Tudors and the occasional Victorian. Most have at least four bedrooms but many are much larger. There is no typical lot size but many of the homes on the east side of the village are between a quarter and a half acre.
Homes in the neighborhood range from $649,000 to $15,975,000, but the average sale price during the first half of 2012 was $1,428,319. The four highest priced homes for sale are all lakefront properties along Sheridan Road.
There are currently 22 active listings in east Winnetka. Here’s a sampling:
812 Foxdale – $899,000
761 Lincoln – $1,375,000
835 Humboldt – $1,695,000
790 Bryant – $3,100,000
If you would like more information about these or any other homes in Winnetka, give us a call at 847-881-6657. We’d be happy to help you. You can also search for Winnetka homes here.
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Winnetka Home Sales by Elementary School – 1st Half 2012
Here’s a look at homes sales and prices by elementary school neighborhood in Winnetka. While the in average home sale prices diverge that much from one school to another, the range is wide, all the way from $355,000 up a $4,400,000 in Crow Island , while in Greeley, homes range fin price rom $482,000 to $4,900,000. The range in Hubbard Woods is tighter: $739,000 to $2,305,000. Winnetka’s small portion of the Avoca district is strictly high end, ranging from $1,400,000 to $2,175,000.
Winnetka Sales by School – 1st Half 2012
Source: MRED LLC – Data for single family homes. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Would you like a list of all the homes that have sold in your neighborhood this year? You can get it here.
Winnetka Children’s Fair 2012
This Friday when school lets out for the summer, kids in Winnetka and surrounding communities will make a bee-line over to the Winnetka Children’s Fair to celebrate. The fair, now in its 66th year, started as (and still is) a fundraiser for the Winnetka Community Nursery School. Organized by the Board of Directors of the school, it also relies on hundreds of volunteers to make the fair one of the highlights of North Shore kids’ summer.
The weather hasn’t been very cooperative for the fair in the last couple of years but this year the forecast is for sunny days in the 80′s.
Here are the details:
What: Games, rides, food and craft booths (mostly geared to kids up to 10 but older kids will enjoy some of the rides)
When: Friday and Saturday, June 8-9 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: Winnetka Village Green (Maple St. between Oak and Elm)
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Memorial Day Ceremonies on the North Shore of Chicago
Before you hit the pool or fire up the grill on Monday, take time to honor our fallen heroes this Memorial Day at one of the North Shore’s ceremonies:
Evanston
American Legion Post 42 will host a Memorial Day ceremony at Fountain Square – Veterans Memorial Plaza (Davis St. and Sherman Ave.) beginning at 10:30 am. The Northwestern University NROTC color guard and rifle team have been invited to participate. Evanston leaders will offer their thoughts and perspectives on Memorial Day and its meaning.
Wilmette
The parade begins at 10:30 on the corner of Lake and Ridge (St. Joseph’s parking lot) and proceeds down Lake to Park Ave, then south to Wilmette Ave. and east to Village Hall, where there will be a ceremony to honor our war heroes. Read the rest of this entry »
Winnetka Congregational Church Rummage Sale
I love the whole concept of rummage sales. Far from being an anachronism as some might think, they serve several important purposes, all at once:
- They make low cost items available to those who need them.
- They facilitate the re-use and recycling of usable goods, thus sparing our landfills from more trash.
- They provide a convenient (and tax-deductible) way to get rid of the stuff you no longer need.
- And (in many cases) the proceeds provide funding for local charities and social service agencies.
This week Winnetka Congregational Church will hold its 80th consecutive spring rummage sale. It’s one of the biggest one-day rummage sales in the area (if not the world!), with 31 “departments” including furniture, electronics, toys, hardware, clothing, books, china, crystal and more. It involves hundreds of volunteers, many of whom have been working at the sale for decades. And it raises hundreds of thousands of dollars which are donated (after expenses) to nearly 40 Chicago-area social service agencies.
Here are the details of this year’s sale:
When: Thursday, May 10 from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Where: Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
Two pieces of advice:
Come early for the best selection or come late for the best deals.
Parking in Winnetka on sale day is a nightmare…take public transportation or get someone to drop you off.
Winnetka Neighborhoods: Hubbard Woods
Was There an Old Mother Hubbard?
There was an Old Father Hubbard, an early landowner, Gilbert Hubbard, who moved to Winnetka in 1871 after the Chicago fire, but no knowledge of his wife exists. The neighborhood that later developed on Hubbard’s land became known as Hubbard Woods and the elementary school (eventually) took its name from the surrounding neighborhood.
Hubbard Woods is located in the northern part of Winnetka. The neighborhood is bounded on the east by Green Bay Rd., on the north by Scott Ave., on the south by Pine St. and on the west by the Skokie Lagoons. The elementary school also serves a small part of Winnetka that is east of Green Bay between Tower Rd. and Woodlawn Avenue.
Homes in Hubbard Woods are typically traditional in style: Tudors, Colonials, Georgians, etc. Many were built between 1905 and 1930, though a few date from the late 1800′s. During the recent boom a number of smaller, older homes were torn down and replaced by new construction. Current prices for single-family homes range from $585,000 to $4,500,000, with a median list price of $1,498,000. In 2011 the average sales price was $1,392,000. Some of the most desirable streets with the biggest homes are Ardsley, Pelham, Laurel and Private Rd. Lot sizes for homes at the lower end of the price range are typically 50′x160′, while larger homes have lots as big as a half acre or more.
The neighborhood has its own shopping area along Green Bay Rd. with stores and a few restaurants, as well as a Metra station.
There are currently 46 homes for sale in Hubbard Woods. Here’s a sampling:
1427 Scott - $745,000
1190 Oakley - $895,000
1168 Asbury - $1,939,000
1090 Crescent - $2,995,000
A little about Hubbard Woods School. Constructed in 1915, it was originally called Skokie School. (The name was changed to Hubbard Woods School in 1924, when the new junior high, named Skokie School, was opened.) Modern for its time, Hubbard Woods was designed to be a haven for students and less severe in appearance and environment than other schools of that era. To make each classroom feel like second home for the students, each had a skylight and its own outside entrance. To accommodate a growing population, the school was expanded and remodeled several times between 1918 and 1999. You can get information about Hubbard Woods School ratings and school reports here.
North Shore Views is the most comprehensive online source for North Shore Chicago real estate and community information. Whether you are looking for market statistics, homes for sale or local events, North Shore Views has it all at your fingertips. Browse information regarding our communities, market data, luxury homes, lakefront property, schools and what you should know about making the move to the North Shore.
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Winnetka Colonial Home for Sale
Here’s a great house in a wonderful neighborhood on the north end of Winnetka. This delightful brick home at 149 Glenwood has all the charm of a vintage house and all the modern amenities you’d find in a newer home. Listed for $739,000, it’s bigger than it looks from the street. Downstairs it has an elegant living room with floor to ceiling arched windows and a fireplace. The formal dining room opens to a cozy sunroom and to a comfy sunken family room. The eat-in kitchen has been recently updated with granite counters and stainless appliances.
On the second floor there’s a large new master bedroom and bath as well as two family bedrooms and bright and fresh hall bath. Up on the third floor is a fourth bedroom with sitting room/office and half bath, a perfect teenage suite.
Out back is a lovely shaded patio and a two car garage. Just across the street and down the block is a great little neighborhood park and playlot. You can get more info about this home here.
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- 2 Lake Forest
- 3 Deerfield
- 4 Highwood
- 5 Highland Park
- 6 Northbrook
- 7 Glencoe
- 8 Winnetka
- 9 Northfield
- 10Kenilworth
- 11 Glenview
- 12 Wilmette
- 13Evanston
- 14 Skokie
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