Former Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and his spouse, Marie, on Monday publicly positioned their six-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot brick and limestone mansion in Lakeview available on the market for $3.75 million.
Now a guide for Major League Baseball, Epstein, 48, oversaw the Cubs’ baseball operations from 2011 till stepping down in November. Among his achievements was main the workforce to the 2016 World Series title.
In Lakeview, Epstein and his spouse paid $3.25 million in late 2011 for the home, which on the time was newly constructed. In buying the house, the Epsteins outbid then-Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Sharp.
Now, with Epstein’s time with the Cubs over, he and his spouse have their home available on the market. On Sept. 1, the couple first listed the home on the market for $3.6 million by the true property brokers’ non-public itemizing community, and the home briefly went underneath contract. After that deal fell by, the Epsteins and itemizing agent Jeff Lowe of Compass determined to listing the mansion publicly at the next, $3.75 million asking value.
Lowe declined to touch upon the deal that fell by or on his shoppers’ identities. However, he advised Elite Street that the rationale for the upper asking value is as a result of whereas the mansion was listed within the non-public itemizing community, purchaser site visitors was very robust. In addition, he mentioned, he subsequently realized of an off-market comparable dwelling worth of which he had not been beforehand conscious. Those two knowledge factors prompted Lowe and his shoppers to revise the asking value.
Situated on an extra-wide, 37.5-foot lot, the home has 5 full loos, two half loos, millwork and built-ins all through, excessive ceilings, a front room with a customized limestone fire, a curved staircase with a skylight above, and a kitchen with a marble island, a walk-in pantry and commercial-grade home equipment, together with an espresso machine, two dishwashers, and a separate beverage fridge.
Other options embody an amazing room with excessive ceilings, a walkout patio and a major bed room suite with floor-to-ceiling home windows, a hearth, two walk-in closets, a moist bar and a marble rest room with separate vanities, a steam bathe and a separate soaking tub. The dwelling additionally has nice room, an hooked up four-car storage with a rooftop deck and a decrease degree with radiant warmth, a theater room, an outsized bar and an extra rec room with built-ins.
The home had a $41,497 property tax invoice within the 2020 tax 12 months.
Goldsborough is a contract reporter.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com