A coach house, also known as a carriage house, was common before the advent of automobiles: They were an outbuilding where horse-drawn vehicles were stored, usually located at the rear of the property. Depending on its size, they might also have living quarters for coachmen. You can compare them to how we use garages today, … Read more
Moving into one of these transformed residences means you, too (two?), get a fresh start.
The original affordable Chicago home can sometimes still be a reasonable option.
Owning and maintaining one of these landmarked properties — once home to politicians, car showrooms, and more — are great ways to help preserve the city’s architectural history.
One of the original streets laid out by surveyor James Thompson in his 1830 plat of what is now the Loop, Clark Street has some great homes on the market now.
Because not all country mice want to live in a cottage-core house.
There is no doubt that the communities bordering Chicago are considered suburbs, even if it can sometimes be difficult to tell them apart from the city itself due to their density and infrastructure (they even share the same street names and public transportation systems). One such town is Evanston, but there’s also Lincolnwood, an inner … Read more
