Glenview 5-bedroom home with 2 laundry rooms and 2 kitchen islands: $3.2M
Listed: May 15, 2025
Price: $3,195,000
Listing agent: Shaun Raugstad, Coldwell Banker, 847-331-3288
This five-bedroom home has four full bathrooms and one half-bath as well as finishes that include walnut cabinetry, 5-inch rift cut white oak flooring, walnut interior doors and Taj Mahal quartzite. The kitchen, which has two islands, connects to the dining room, family room, a walk-in pantry and a breakfast room that opens to a four-seasons room with sliding-door walls. The second floor includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a laundry room. The lower level includes a home theater, a gym, a rec room, a wet bar, an en-suite guest room, a powder room and a storage room. The house also has a built-in generator, heated floors under every tile surface, a mudroom with built-in cubbies, a second laundry room, a smart home system and built-in ceiling speakers in every room. Outdoors, the property has a fire pit area, a garden area, an irrigation system and landscape lighting. There is also a three-car garage.
Some listing photos are 'virtually staged,' meaning they have been digitally altered to represent different furnishing or decorating options.
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Address: 326 Country Lane, Glenview Listed: May 15, 2025 Price: $3,195,000 Listing agent: Shaun Raugstad, Coldwell Banker, 847-331-3288 This five-bedroom home has four full bathrooms and one half-bath as well as finishes that include walnut cabinetry, 5-inch rift cut white oak flooring, walnut interior doors and Taj Mahal quartzite. The kitchen, which has two islands, connects to the dining room, family room, a walk-in pantry and a breakfast room that opens to a four-seasons room with sliding-door walls. The second floor includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a laundry room. The lower level includes a home theater, a gym, a rec room, a wet bar, an en-suite guest room, a powder room and a storage room. The house also has a built-in generator, heated floors under every tile surface, a mudroom with built-in cubbies, a second laundry room, a smart home system and built-in ceiling speakers in every room. Outdoors, the property has a fire pit area, a garden area, an irrigation system and landscape lighting. There is also a three-car garage. Some listing photos are 'virtually staged,' meaning they have been digitally altered to represent different furnishing or decorating options. To feature your luxury listing of $1,000,000 or more in Chicago Tribune's Dream Homes, send listing information and high-res photos to ctc-realestate@
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