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1754 North Troy Street

Logan Square · 2-flat → 3-flat · Before & after · a project of my own, not a client transaction.

Bought$308,000Mar 2018 · 2 units
Sold$1,200,000Jun 2024 · 3 units

A two-flat cottage on a Logan Square lot, taken to a three-unit building with full-floor apartments, island kitchens, double-vanity baths and a fenced yard — the same rooms, before and after, below. Bought for $308,000 with two units; sold six years later for $1,200,000 with three.

1754 North Troy Street before, 2018: a two-flat cottage
Before · 2018
1754 North Troy Street after, 2024: a three-unit building
After · 2024
Living room before renovation
Living · before
Kitchen before renovation
Kitchen · before
Foundation forms for the addition at 1754 N Troy, 2019
Foundation · 2019
Framing the third unit at 1754 N Troy, 2019
Framing · 2019
House wrap on at 1754 N Troy, 2019
Wrapped · 2019
1754 N Troy finished, 2020
Finished · 2020

Photos are my own, taken on site; years shown are when each photo was taken. Figures are closed MLS or public-record numbers.

The purchase and sale are in the MLS record: closing record for 1754 North Troy Street.

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