Obama’s Next-Door Neighbor’s Home for Sale
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | September 11, 2009
You can be President Barack Obama’s next-door neighbor. It’s true. The Chicago home right next door to President Barack Obama’s home (home to the right, photo above) just came on the market, reports the Huffington Post.
Located at 5040 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615, the 17-room, turn-of-the-century home is owned by Bill and Jacky Grimshaw who have lived there since 1973, according to NBC Chicago. The Grimshaw’s home was used to house officers during World War II and became a boarding house for a small military school. Where are the Grimshaw’s going? To a condo.
Interestingly, the home is going on the market unpriced. Interested buyers are being asked to register and then will be vetted to make sure they have the financial chops to afford the house. Zillow’s Zestimate is $1,829,000 (as of 9/11/09) and recent sales in the immediate Kenwood neighborhood range from $1.5 to $2.5 million.
What would it be like to live next to the Obamas? You could be called into babysitting duty, as the Grimshaws sometimes did for the Obama children, and you could be very annoyed by the heavy security surrounding the neighborhood, as the Grimshaw’s can attest.
It’s an advantage not having him here, because the security increases tenfold. It’s challenging and really disrupts the neighborhood,” Jacky said to CNBC reporters this morning.
Ouch. But, just imagine never having to lock the doors to your home.
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Toni Gibbs on September 12, 2009 12:51 pm
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Hello: Diane: My name is Toni Gibbs I work for Coldwell
Banker in Longwood Florida…
Toll free number is l-800-327-7050 I have a qualified person
interested in yourlisting at 5040 S. Greenwood Ave. Please
email copy of listing infomation and or fax the information
to my office fax 407-862-7253..My Buyer is Serious…
Thank you, Toni Bingham-Gibbs….aka Toni Gibbs
Kaunda on September 14, 2009 11:35 am
You do not have to suffer the inconveniences of being my president’s neighbor. Just settle as far as you can from Chicago. 1.8 million Can give a villa plus in North Carolina. Just visit us and see for yourself what you can get in the state of NC.
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Pisos on October 4, 2009 3:20 pm
beautiful home, i would like to have a lot of money to buy.
ginny s. lainez on October 19, 2009 6:54 am
Diane, I wished I had the money to buy thé house not only for its history but because the Grimshaws and I have something in common - the love for sunflower. I noticed a painting on their mailbox and if they are selling the box separartelyI aminterested to buy because it is the one that I can afford. It would certainly be a great addition to my sunflower collection ! Please convey to the Grimshaws my interest and my invitation for them and you to visit my private home The Sunflower House at Sunflower Circle, Villa Pura ,Tagaytay, Philippines. I know it is the only sunflower house in my country and maybe in the whole world. They can even buy it if they want. The plane tickets are yours and your stay and the Grimshaws is on me.
apartments for rent in Chicago on October 19, 2009 10:35 am
Not having to lock your doors in Chicago would be pretty sweet, but I can only imagine what its like as far as security. I wonder how inconvenient that was over there? What a great history and back ground of that house though…