BUCKTOWN — A wood frame house next to The 606's eastern end in Bucktown found a buyer within just a few weeks, according to the owners who put the property up for sale without using agents or the Internet to market it.
The 1,606-square-foot home at 1815 N. Marshfield Ave. is located on a 3,000-square-foot lot next to Walsh Park. A small driveway is the only divider between the home and the neighboring park.
The elevated Bloomingdale Trail, which runs from Bucktown and Wicker Park to the east and Logan Square and Humboldt Park to the west, ends (or begins) in Walsh Park.
Covered in vinyl siding, the home dates to 1875 and is currently divided into two apartments, only one of which is being used, according to Sandy Duong, who owns the home with her husband, Duc Nguyen.
Since the handwritten "For Sale by Owner" sign was installed earlier this month, Duong said she has been getting 15 to 20 calls a day on average.
"I was surprised at the amount of people that called. It's not listed on the Internet anywhere," she said.
Duong and Nguyen bought the home for $356,000 in 2013, according to county records.
Duong said they lived in the home for two years as a temporary residence but the plan was to turn it into a "dream home," either by a complete rehab or tearing it down to build a new home.
Duong's husband, who works in the military, got deployed to Washington, D.C. in 2014.
"With his career path, we will be out in Washington, D.C. for the foreseeable future. We don't see us going to get back here for another 5 or 10 years, so we decided to sell it," she said.
For those concerned about the future of the spot, it will not be sold to a developer looking to make a large profit.
"I chose to sell to family that is going to build [a new home] and live there. We first bought it so we could build a home. They live in the neighborhood now and want to live close to the park," Duong said of the buyers.
Duong said that if everything goes as planned, the home, which is under contract, will close in August. She declined to share the amount of money that was offered.
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