Boutique Residential Representation · Chicago

A quieter way to move home on Chicago’s North Side.

Adelaide Wren and a small team of broker-advisors represent fewer than thirty households a year — across Lincoln Park, the Gold Coast, Old Town, Lakeview East, and Streeterville. By referral and by appointment.

Six homes currently · Four pre-market
Plate I.  Lake Shore Drive at dusk, looking north toward Belmont Harbor.
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Currently Representing

Six homes, on the market and off.

A measured selection from this season’s portfolio. Four additional pre-market homes are available to clients on the private list.

Just Listed
Old Town

1842 N. Howe St.

Greystone Three-Flat · Chicago, IL 60614
$2,495,000
  • 6BD
  • 5BA
  • 4,200SQ FT
Just Listed
Gold Coast

1310 N. Astor St., PH

Penthouse Condominium · Chicago, IL 60610
$4,750,000
  • 4BD
  • 4.5BA
  • 3,800SQ FT
Just Listed
Old Town

460 W. Division St., 4S

Brick Courtyard Condo · Chicago, IL 60610
$895,000
  • 2BD
  • 2BA
  • 1,420SQ FT
How We Work

Three lanes. The same restraint.

I.

Buy

Discovery brief, neighborhood walks, off-market access. Fewer than fourteen buyer-side transactions a year.

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II.

Sell

Discreet pre-market positioning, professional photography, broker-only previews, and a press strategy when the property warrants one.

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III.

Invest

Two-flats, three-flats, and small mixed-use buildings between Diversey Parkway and North Avenue.

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From a Client
Adelaide showed us four homes. We bought the third. There was no manufactured urgency, no Saturday open houses, and no email follow-ups for six weeks while she found the right one. That, to us, was the service.
Margaret & David K.
Bought a single-family rowhouse · Lincoln Park · 2024
Quarterly Market Report

The numbers your neighborhasn’t seen yet.

Twelve quiet pages, four times a year. Sale prices, days on market, off-market velocity, and a candid note from Adelaide on what the data actually means — written for the half-dozen neighborhoods we serve, not for the full city.

  • Mailed first to current clients, then to the list.
  • No upsell. No drip campaigns. No second email.
  • Q2 ships 19 May, MMXXVI.
Quarterly Market Report

Twelve pages on what is actually moving in your neighborhood.

Q2 report ships 19 May. No spam, ever — this is a quarterly note, never weekly.