Chicago Gold Coast Mansion

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Rent Includes Entire building, 2 Car Heated Garage, Electric, Gas, and Internet. 1888 Potter Palmer Brown Stone Home Features include: 4 Bedroom Suite, 6 Baths with heated floors, 7 fireplace(s), In-door Heated 2 Car Garage, Central Air HVAC, 1/2 block from Oak Street Beach and 1/2 block from Rush & State streets.

Interior features include: Skylight, 7 remote controlled gas fireplaces, Whole house sound and security system, gated front and rear entrance, commercial chefs kitchen, featuring La Cornue range, custom oak cabinetry, Original wood moldings throughout the home. Original stain glass featured throughout. Second Kitchen (Pub) located on 3rd floor make for a lovely party/ billiards room. Every bathroom has heated stone floors. 74 East Elm Street A marvelous restoration of 74 East Elm Street is now complete. The 4 story Brownstone restoration, guided by the classic standards of Potter Palmer, encompasses meticulous adherence to the classic styles of 1888 while subtly incorporating modern technologies. Ornate wood work was restored with strict attention to detail. Seven panel hardwood doors were rejuvenated with a standard of perfection. Magnificent moldings adorn every room, and throughout the home. Lighting schemes were designed and implemented in strict adherence to 1888 style. The residence has a state of the art energy efficient heating and cooling system. Computer technology subtly supports every aspect of the home. A state of the art kitchen hides beneath the wonderful and warm allure of a classic design. A Pub adorns the third floor. The residence provides a wonderful ambiance of another time while incorporating the newest technologies in all respects. Renovations of the 4 Story Brownstone began in 2007. During the gutting process, a wealth of rich wood buried beneath the heavy paint & plastered walls, revealing the original wood from 1888. At this point the project became a restoration that would take over a year to complete. The building is replete with glorious wood trim, original fireplace mantels, hearth tiles with coors no longer produced, and other exquisite treasures, including a beautiful original staircase with wonderful cabbage newel post & talk tubes.

Beyond the rich amenities of the residence is an even richer history and a restoration to an amazing levels of perfection without sacrificing a single modern amenity, convenience or technological advance. 74 East Elm Street, once a stately mansion, then a seven unit apartment Gold Coast apartment building, is returning to its stately youth, revisiting the past, while going back to the future at the same time. Smart Home Technology Imagine you walk out of bed in the morning and step onto the bathroom floor, it’s early, the lights ramp up to 40% efficiency, saving you the slight grimace of an onslaught of visual stimulation as well as a reduction to the electric bill, and the best thing about it is that it happens automatically. Upon exiting the shower you feel the relief from a great night’s sleep and like the sun rising in the east your HVAC system begins to warm the house to a comfortable level while you set down to breakfast. While enjoying your meal and perusing the morning paper you push a button on a keypad on the wall that activates your favorite playlist in the kitchen all the while not disturbing the sleep of your family. Before you leave for your day the entire house has reacted to your lifestyle with only a single touch of a button, you leave energized and refreshed know that your home is saving you stress time and money because of the Green technology installed via the Smart Home Technology by Control4.Upon arriving home from a long day at the office, the house is dimly lit until you open the garage door and the “Home” scene is activated, providing you with the safety and security of an illuminated path throughout the home.

Smart Home Technology Control4 presents a whole new approach to home automation. Make your life more comfortable, convenient, safe and secure. Control your lighting, temperature, blinds and shades, whole home music, and entertainment center with one universal remote. Every bedroom, living space is enabled with 5.1 surround Sound.

Illuminated switches can be found throughout the home, offering the home owner to easily control lights throughout the home. All lighting HVAC, Security, video, Security Cameras can be controlled from any television. Keypad or illuminated switches. Sensors are enabled in many bathrooms and hallways to illuminate your path upon entry. All exterior lights turn on automatically at dusk and off at sunrise.

The doorbell rings and instead of running down to get it. You move to the living room TV and access the front door camera. At last the pizza man has arrived. You let him in with the push of a button and meet him at the front door. Control4 converges the complex systems in the house to make them easy to use, accessible, and most of all useful.

Later that night you set down to watch a movie on one of the many 5.1 equipped surround systems. It’s as easy as selecting the DVD icon on the Living Room Television. Half way through the movie you decide that you would prefer to finish the movie in the comfort of your own bed, you press pause and walk up to the Master bedroom all the while the control4 system illuminates your path. You enter the bedroom grab the remote and continue watching the movie where you left off. As you snuggle into the bed, you press the “Sleep” button on your bedside keypad and the Smart home technology of Control4 shuts off the lights in the house, closes the shades and drapes, and decreases the temperature to a comfortable sleeping level. Once again your home has reacted to your life, providing you with safety, security, savings, entertainment, and peace of mind. Special Features The most beautiful facade (exterior) on East Elm Street, Custom Oak Cabinets, Radiant Floor Heated Garage, Commercial Hot water Heater, Zoned, Electric panels, 400 amp service, Zoned Water Supplied, plumbed Washer dryers in each bedroom suite, Automated gated entrance, Heated bathroom floors, Outdoor deck off kitchen, & fourth floor exterior vista. Kitchen appliances: La Cornue Chateau Series Range, Thermador Triple oven, Bosch & Miele Dishwashers, Liebherr Eco friendly refrigerator, Refrigerator Drawer, Wine Cooler, Ice maker Millwork: description of wood Wood Floors and finishes
The trim restoration process for 74 East Elm Street was as follows. The original construction of 74 East Elm was in the year 1888 and was built by Potter Palmer. Our intention was to restore the history of the property.

In demolition process we carefully removes and saved all the original trim. We stripped and cleaned off years of paint and stains. All trim needing repairs were meticulously hand repaired and restored to the original design. We refinished and prepared the trim for re-installation.

All replacement trim was milled exactly to match the existing trim. The wood flooring was repaired and refinished to reflect the original design. The cabinets throughout were carefully hand built match the original design. We restored and refinished all existing door. All additional doors were custom built to match the existing design.

The stairways were meticulously restored, all damage spindles and steps were recreated to match the existing. The leaded glass through was either save or recreated to match the original theme Plumbing: type of piping (Zoned Plumbing)
Replacement of entire plumbing, copper & cast iron throughout home, booster pump for
Secondary kitchen added on third floor, Steam room on 4th floor, jacuzzi in every bathroom,
brass pipe connections, new gas lines to every fireplace, direct vent fireplaces, with remotes. Commercial Hot water Heater Glass specifics: The entire home is full of leaded glass based of the era (1888-) More Photos -  Location