Price Drop On Cutler Mansion, HGTV Award Winner, North Shore Palace: Illinois Wow! House Roundup

Are you in the market for a new home or just a real estate buff? Here’s a look at some of the properties making a splash in Chicagoland.

The winner of HGTV's award for best dramatic transformation last was built in 1927 but has been completely updated. The seven-bedroom home features a carriage house, a glass wine cellar and a smoking lounge. The asking price: $4 million. Hinsdale Wow! House: HGTV Award-Winning Home With Carriage House, Glass Wine Cellar

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has dropped the asking price of his Lake Forest estate by $250,000. The 7,500-square-foot, seven-bedroom lakefront mansion is now listed for $4.75 million. The property includes five fireplaces, a lower level sports court with a Chicago Bulls logo, a wine cellar, a personal theater and a three-car garage. Jay Cutler Cuts Price On Lake Forest Mansion By A Quarter-Million

With uniquely designed rooms on every floor, this Northbrook estate feels like it was custom-built for royalty. The 10,000-square-foot estate has soaring ceilings and intricate millwork. Several of the 17 rooms in the opulent estate include marble flooring, like the living room, family room and library. For $3 million, it could by yours. $3M Asking Price For Ornate Northbrook Palace

This gorgeous lakefront property in McHenry Co. provides plenty of gorgeous views of Crystal Lake. With expansive windows throughout, and 163 feet of lake frontage, it's hard not to catch a glimpse of the water. Inside the home, there are 13 skylights, three marble wet bars and a lower left with walkout, which is high above the lake, and a huge patio.Wow! House: Lakefront Mansion With 13 Skylights, 3 Marble Wet Bars

Built back in 2001 for $1.35 million, this Elgin mansion has since underwent $100,000 in improvements to its now-finished basement. Its owners are now asking $699,000 for the 5,000-square-foot home, which has an elevator, library, screened porch, over-sized family room and expensive rooms with plenty of views of the estate's wooded lot and Bowes Creek. Wow! House: Built For $1.35M In 2001, Selling Now For $700K

For just shy of $800,000, you could get this Joliet home with its seven bedrooms, seven baths, an elevator, an indoor swimming pool, a waterfall, a whirlpool, and a 5-acre tract that is private and wooded. It also has a four-car garage. 7 Bedrooms, 7 Baths, 4 Car Garage, This Joliet Wow! House Is One Of A Kind

This $1.4 million Elmhurst home has almost 8,000 square feet. The lower level features a home theater, a sauna, wet bar and space for an elevator. The backyard will draw you outdoors with its blue stone patio, built-in hot tub and grill, and a water fountain wall. Elmhurst Wow! House: Home Theater, Water Fountain Wall, Infrared Sauna

In the past decade, the current owners of this luxurious 9,000-square-foot lakefront mansion in Grayslake invested $3 million into the property. They are now asking $1.3 million for the six-bedroom home, which includes six acres of lakefront property. It also has an indoor pool, outdoor built in hot tub, large pole barn and a four-car garage. Wow! House: Lakefront Estate Has Luxurious Wet Bar, Indoor Pool

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Illinois Homes for Sale

Still want more? Browse homes for sale in the Chicago area:
North Shore and North Suburbs

• Deerfield
• Evanston
• Glenview
• Highland Park
• Lake Forest
• Niles-Morton Grove
• Northbrook
• Skokie
• Wilmette-Kenilworth
• Winnetka-Glencoe

Northwest Suburbs

• Algonquin
• Arlington Heights
• Barrington
• Buffalo Grove
• Crystal Lake
• Elgin
• Grayslake
• Huntley
• Lake Zurich
• Libertyville
• Palatine
• Park Ridge
• Vernon Hills

West Suburbs

• Aurora
• Batavia
• Burr Ridge
• Darien
• Des Plaines
• Downers Grove
• Elmhurst
• Forest Park
• Geneva
• Glen Ellyn
• Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills
• La Grange
• Lisle
• Naperville
• Oak Brook
• Oak Park
• St. Charles
• Wheaton
• Western Springs
• Woodridge

South Suburbs and South Side

• Alsip-Crestwood
• Beverly-Mount Greenwood
• Chicago Heights
• Evergreen Park
• Frankfort
• Homewood-Flossmoor
• Mokena
• New Lenox
• Oak Forest
• Oak Lawn
• Orland Park
• Palos
• Chicago's South Side
• Tinley Park

Southwest Suburbs

• Channahon-Minooka
• Homer Glen-Lockport
• Joliet
• Lemont
• Manhattan
• Oswego
• Montgomery
• Shorewood
• Yorkville

Chicago Neighborhoods

• Downtown Chicago
• Bucktown-Wicker Park
• Hyde Park
• Lake View
• Lincoln Park
• Lincoln Square
• North Center-Roscoe Village
  

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