Glen resident

Regency at The Glen…beautiful!

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The Glen is a luxury residential and retail development in Chicago’s North Shore community of Glenview.  There are nine distinct private neighborhoods in The Glen.  Today, I want to tell you about Regency at the Glen.  This beautiful neighborhood is composed of 104 luxury townhomes, 38 ranch villas, and 2 single family homes.

Four dramatic two – three story townhome models are offered with 9’ ceilings, private decks, two or three bedrooms and 1523 to 1835 square feet.

There are two spectacular villa models offering one or two stories, two or three bedrooms, 9’ ceilings, granite counter tops, and 1883 – 2493 square feet.

Professional landscaping and attached garages are offered with each home.  The Regency neighborhood is only a few blocks from two magnificent golf courses. The Glen Club offers an 18-hole championship course designed by Tom Fazio. The Glenview Prairie Club is a 9-hole course; and it also offers paddle tennis which adjoins its new club house.

Regency is a short walk to Glen Town Center’s many shops, boutiques, restaurants, and Arclight movie theater. The Glen’s Metra station, with service to downtown Chicago, is but a three-minute drive or a 15-minute walk.

There are several lovely homes currently for sale in Regency.  Prices range from the $400s to $600s.  To learn more, please give me a call at 847-401-1802.  I am an award-winning Realtor and long time Glen resident.

Margaret Ludemann, The Glen Realty Group, @properties Real Estate.

First floor master bedrooms in The Glen

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There aren’t a lot of homes with first floor master bedrooms in The Glen (in Glenview Illinois), much less two that are for sale at the same time.  But there are two stunning duplexes on the market right now.  Both are in the lovely Regency neighborhood with have water views.

2172 Dauntless offers two bedrooms plus an office/den that could serve as a third.  The master bedroom’s ensuite bathroom offers a walk-in shower, dual sinks and granite counters.  This home’s price is $659,000.

3154 Valcour is a three-bedroom home with three bathrooms.  It has a beautiful kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite counters and a sizable pantry.  The finished basement boasts a family room, kitchenette, full bathroom and storage room.  The list price is 697,000.

Not only are these wonderful homes, but living in The Glen also offers all of the fun of Glen Town Center, The Glen’s “main street” with its many restaurants, shops and movie theater.  If you may be interested in The Glen, please contact me.  I am a long time Glen resident and a Realtor who focuses on this wonderful community.

Margaret Ludemann, Realtor

847-401-1802    margaretludemann@gmail.com

Golfing in The Glen

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It’s spring, and that means golf.  Here in The Glen we are fortunate to have two – count them TWO – wonderful golf courses, both within walking distance of any Glen home.

A wonderful thing about living in The Glen is the availability of  The Glen Club and Glenview Prairie Club.  Both courses are of high quality and they are open to the public. The Glen is a Chicago area north shore residential and retail development.  There are over 2,000 luxury homes of all types, and home prices range from the $300’s to over $2 million.

The Glen Club is well known and highly regarded. It’s an 18 hole championship course designed by the legendary Tom Fazio. The course is beautiful to look at and challenging to play. Golf Magazine has rated it the fourth best courses you can play in Illinois and among the Top 100 in the United States. When it opened in 2001 Sports Illustrated listed it as a top 10 new course. A stately 48,000 square feet clubhouse provides overnight lodging and first class dining. The club offers private corporate memberships, but it is also available to non-member individual golfers.

The Glenview Prairie Club offers Paddle Tennis courts as well as golf. The course is meticulously maintained (by The Glen Club!), and it is beloved by Glen residents who prefer a shorter round of golf.

Many Glen homes have great views of these picturesque golf courses. Fifty-five magnificent “estate” single family homes in the Southgate subdivision border The Glen Club’s course as do nine stunning townhomes in Tower Crossing. Several homes in the lovely Westgate and Patriot Commons neighborhoods also have great views.

If you are a golfer who may be interested in living in the Glen please contact me for additional information. I am a long time Glen resident and an award winning Realtor with @properties.

Margaret Ludemann, The Glen Realty Group, @properties

847-401-1802   margaretludemann@gmail.com

47 homes sold in The Glen so far in 2016

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Forty-seven homes have sold (or have gone under contract to sell) so far in 2016 in The Glen. The Glen is a development in Glenview Illinois on land that was formerly the Naval Air Station Glenview. It consists of numerous residential neighborhoods with luxury single family homes, townhomes, row homes, condos, two-flats and duplexes. It also offers upscale shopping, many excellent restaurants, two golf courses, and a large park.

The Regency neighborhood which consists of townhomes and duplexes led the pack with 13 sales. Cambridge, with single family homes, row homes, two flats and duplexes, had 9 sales, followed by Southgate’s 11 sales (7 single family homes and 4 townhomes). Tower Crossing and Westgate each experienced 5 sales. Tower Crossing offers 154 very large, luxury townhomes; Westgate is a new development with single family homes, row homes and townhomes. There were 4 sales in Patriot Commons; 3 in Chapel Crossing; and 2 in Landings.

If you’re interested in living in The Glen, please contact me at 847-401-1802 or by email atmargaretludemann@gmail.com. I am a long time Glen resident and an award-winning Realtor affiliated with @properties.

Margaret Ludemann,  The Glen Realty Group

Homeowner associations’ role in a home sale

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Home sale transactions in The Glen generally involve homeowner associations after an agreement has been reached between buyers and sellers. When the Village of Glenview Illinois took ownership of the former Naval Air Station Glenview in the late 1990’s it developed a master plan for its use. The result is what we now know as The Glen with large areas of luxury homes, a retail area known as Glen Town Center, commercial space for corporate and professional offices, and open space as well.

The residential areas were divided into several large parcels, and home builders were allowed to submit bids for development. This resulted in the following neighborhoods being built: Cambridge, Chapel Crossing, Glen Shore, Landings, Southgate, and Tower Crossing. Three additional developments have since been built: Regency, Patriot Commons, and Westgate. The latter two are still under construction. Homeowner associations, generally referred to as HOAs, were created; and they are governed by boards of directors composed of residents.

Generally speaking if a home is being sold in an area governed by a homeowners association – whether it is The Glen or elsewhere – that association will likely be asked to provide governing documents such as articles of incorporation, bylaws, covenants, rules, and regulations. They also are asked for financial information and the status of legal actions. Attorneys representing the buyer, seller, and lender review these documents. It is important for the buyer and the lender to understand the financial and legal health of the association. Among other things they want to know whether there are outstanding obligations that could impact the new owner. If there are lawsuits or excessive debt a buyer may not wish to complete the purchase and/or the prospective lender may choose to deny the home mortgage application.

The HOAs that I am aware of in The Glen are sound, and seldom do I hear of problems that result in a failure of a housing purchase. I am a Glen resident, and I am an active Realtor in the local real estate market. If you may be interested in buying or renting a home in The Glen, please contact me at 847-401-1802 or margaretludemann@gmail.com.

Margaret Ludemann, @properties Realtor