1024 Darrow

Evanston, IL 60202

This is the LEAST EXPENSIVE two-flat - with the LOWEST PROPERTY TAXES - right now on the market in the Washington School District ... and the only one with central air! 1024 Darrow is a conveniently-located West Village, Washington School District, brick two-flat - currently being used as a single-family home - provides space galore and many options for various styles of living. Unique home for the creative buyer looking for a single-family home, or owner-occupied investment, or straight investment property. 4 total bedrooms, 3 total baths... and plumbed to easily add kitchen back to second floor and convert back to two-flat investment property usage - especially for an owner-occupied scenario! Beautiful front porch welcomes you inside to the foyer. First floor boasts a large living room with wood-burning fireplace opening to the formal dining room. Two bedrooms with larger closets plus full bath with jacuzzi tub / shower combo. Stainless steel kitchen with pantry closet - updated from original - opens to a separate breakfast nook overlooking the outside large deck and yard equipped with treehouse and firepit patio, not to mention large lawn area and beautiful jasmine bushes! This breakfast nook has laundry hookup and can easily be turned back into first floor unit laundry room. Off the kitchen is also the back stairs mudroom. Second floor apartment boasts large living room, and formal dining room - currently used as family room and game room respectively - plus 2 bedrooms and full bath. What is currently a 2nd-floor den, still has upper wall cabinets - all you do is access existing plumbing and gas lines behind the drywall to make it a second unit kitchen again! Enclosed insulated 2nd floor back porch is extra space that can be used for office or guest room or mudroom. Two bedrooms plus full bath. Hardwood throughout first and second floors. Full, finished, ceramic-tiled basement has a separate entrance and is outfitted with its own functioning kitchenette, large open area currently used as rec room plus two separate rooms with large closets and a full bath. Lots of options for storage, craft area and/or home gym. Separate laundry room with side-by-side washer and dryer in basement, and built-in wall shelving. Lots of space and storage! Two-car garage off paved alley, also with new roof. Two electric panels and two furnaces. Recent improvements include: new roof (2020), new drain tile and sump pump (2018), new kitchen, baths, HVAC / plumbing / electrical (2006). A block from the new Robert Crown Community Center and fields, and award-winning Washington Elementary School, currently one of the Two-Way Immersion schools in Evanston; half mile to ETHS. 2 blocks to Dodge/Dempster /Main public transportation, Valli Produce and all that Evanston Plaza has to offer; close to McCormick thoroughfare, a mile from Dempster and Main Street trains.