Saw this posted on Facebook, behind Bloodshot Records on Irving Park:http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/5737032026.html

My apartment in Logan Square (west of Kimball at St Louis & Fullerton, really close to the Burlington) will be available soon. It's an awesome place, three bedrooms on the second story of a two-flat. I'll post here once my landlord gets the listing up.

My landlord posted our apartment in Logan Square (a couple blocks west of Kimball just off Fullerton).Huge three-bedroom, top floor of a two-flat. Downstairs neighbors are awesome. Back yard patio for BBQs and chilling.https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/5755290527.html

The heat included or not can really impact the rents.Also, our summers can be pretty hot and muggy, so if you need AC, count in that cost, too. Utility costs are high.Logan Square is stupid high rents right now, although if you've got cash to burn, you can always move into one of the new Transit Oriented Development apartment buildings, right off the L.Insane prices, like studios for $1250 or whatever. http://livemica.com/There's a Luxury building, new, down the block, that's even higher priced than that...http://logansquarel.com/

Marsupialized wrote:I have never paid more than 800 bucks a month for an apartment in chicagoI had one, the last one we had before I left on Marion Ct in Wicker Park off Division and Wood. It was $1150 I think, a 2 bed, AC, washer and dryer in unit and a yuge back yard.Before that the most expensive place I had in 10 years of living in Wicker Park and Ukrainian VIllage was $775. All two beds.1998-2000 - 2 bed coach house, 2nd floor, Thomas and Ashland, $6002000-2001 - 2 bed greystone 1st floor, Hoyne and Schiller, $8002001-2005 - 2 bed with deck in a 6 flat, 3 front 3 back, 3rd floor, Hermitage and Pearson, $7502005-2007 - 2 bed + den, garden in 4 flat brownstone, Thomas and Oakley, $775 with garage2007-2008 - 2 bed garden, Marion Ct and Division, $1150 with all the bells and whistlesThat first two bed is probably going for $1600 nowadays.My new place in Minneapolis is a 1 bed in a 20 flat brownstone for $900, all utilities included, heat, gas, electric, trash. All I pay for is internet and cable TV and a land line if I wanted them. Neighborhood is comparable to Lakeview or Wicker Park/Uk Village. I feel like I am paying what you'd pay for in Lakeview in 2002 for a 1 bed.

givemenoughrope wrote:Wow. Is this typical of Chicago apts? 3 bed for 1900 with a yard? i assume LS is a decent area.5 years ago you could get one for $1200 - $1400 in Logan. Ours was $1300 for a similar space + a garage spot, after we moved our landlord raised the rent by $500.

catwoman wrote:Logan Square is stupid high rents right now, although if you've got cash to burn, you can always move into one of the new "Transit Oriented Development" apartment buildings, right off the L.Insane prices, like studios for $1250 or whatever. http://livemica.com/There's a "Luxury" building, new, down the block, that's even higher priced than that...http://logansquarel.com/Blech. I hate those stupid pieces of shit. Glad to be out of Logan Square now - they built those fuckers with way less parking than what's adequate, with the idea that most people won't own cars and will only use the train. The fuckers renting those units are all gonna have some fucking luxury SUV that takes up 2 parking spots & they'll have to drive 3 block away to park it. Milwaukee avenue is barely recognizable.

I have never paid more than 800 bucks a month for an apartment in chicago

Those buildings are the most ridiculously out of place things I think I've ever seen in this city. I never go down there, didn't know anything about them till the BBQ, I turned the corner and said out loud 'what the fuck?' Those people are going to pay an insane premium to live in LOGAN SQUARE? Why? Logan Square has literally 2 blocks with anything worthwhile, and 80% of that is nothing special. I absolutely do not understand what the selling points are, any direction past that corner and its same old same old Chicago whatever, jiffy lubes and Walgreens, KFC and CVS, a few blocks down and you are wandering into shitty Humboldt gangbanger bullshit. What's so exciting there?