A recently renovated, four-bedroom, 3,400-square-foot house in Bucktown that was featured on HGTV’s show “Windy City Rehab” was listed on Oct. 24 for nearly $1.8 million.
Located on a corner lot on North Leavitt Street in Bucktown and built in 1861, the home was featured in the first season of the rehab show in an episode titled “Roof-Raising Race for Space.” Show star and interior designer Alison Victoria in 2018 oversaw the renovation of the home, which she said on the show was the oldest home she had rehabbed.
A company tied to Victoria paid $555,000 for the house in mid-2018. After renovations, that company sold it in May 2019 for $1.4 million.
Now, the family who bought the home from Victoria’s company is relocating, and has placed it on the market, said Cody Horvat of Compass, who is co-listing agent for the house with Jill Scott.
The house has 3½ bathrooms, a family room that has a fireplace with a custom wood mantel and a kitchen with a 13-foot island, an integrated Sub-Zero refrigerator and a BlueStar six-burner gas stove. Other features include a primary suite with a white marble double sink vanity and heated radiant floors, a basement with a wet bar and two large outdoor decks, including one above the garage.
“Of all the different houses I‘ve been in, this is a house that truly has character, especially in that higher price point,” Horvat said. “While a lot of the new construction houses out there are beautiful, they don’t have that cozy sense of feel to them, and that character and history. You feel that cozy feel the second you walk through the doors.”
The house had a $11,434 property tax bill in the 2022 tax year.
Bob Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
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