What are rooms for rent in Logan Square like, and how many are listed?
Logan Square takes its name from the square where Logan and Kedzie boulevards meet Milwaukee Avenue, marked by the 1918 Illinois Centennial Monument, and its housing still follows those boulevards: greystones, brick two-flats and three-flats and courtyard buildings, with newer mid-rises near the Blue Line. Many rooms for rent now come from managed co-living apartments, where three- and four-bedroom units on side streets such as Mozart, Sawyer, Spaulding and Lawndale are rented one bedroom at a time with shared kitchens and furnished common areas. Others are spare bedrooms in ordinary shared flats. Rooms for rent in Roomster's Logan Square search at the moment: 26. Rooms on the eastern blocks near Western Avenue overlap with Bucktown, so check the cross street.
How much does a room for rent in Logan Square cost, and where can I find one under $950?
Rooms in Logan Square mostly ask between about $850 and $1,300 a month, and averaged across Roomster's Logan Square rooms the figure lands near $1,030. Co-living bedrooms with central air or in-unit laundry sit around $1,000 to $1,200, and rooms in renovated shares with bills included can reach $1,300. You can find rooms under $950 a month in the four-bedroom co-living flats on North Lawndale Avenue, where rooms have listed at $880 to $930, on the Fullerton Avenue side, where a room in a three-bedroom family flat asked about $850, and across Pulaski in Hermosa. Remember that Wi-Fi and sometimes laundry are billed separately in many of these rooms, so add those to the rent before you compare.
Which Blue Line stops are closest to rooms for rent in Logan Square?
Logan Square sits on the Blue Line's O'Hare branch, which runs 24 hours a day, with stations at California, at Logan Square itself at Kedzie and Milwaukee, with Belmont just past the northern edge in Avondale and Western just over the line in Bucktown. From Logan Square station, the Loop is about 20 minutes one way and O'Hare Airport roughly half an hour the other, without changing trains. Rooms within a few blocks of Milwaukee Avenue are closest to the stations, and rooms farther west toward Pulaski and Hermosa usually mean a longer walk or a bus ride on the 56 Milwaukee, 76 Diversey or 74 Fullerton. If you work at O'Hare, the airport, or in the Loop, a room near any Blue Line stop is worth paying a bit more for.
Are co-living rooms for rent in Logan Square a good deal?
They can be, if you value flexibility and want to skip furnishing a whole apartment. Logan Square has an unusually large number of co-living rooms: three- and four-bedroom flats on the side streets are leased room by room, with furnished shared spaces, a 32-day minimum stay and lease terms that often run 12 to 18 months. Prices of roughly $880 to $1,210 a month are close to what you would pay for a room in an ordinary share, but you usually pay Wi-Fi and sometimes laundry on top, and you do not choose your housemates. Before you sign, ask how many people share the bathrooms, how cleaning is handled and what happens if a housemate leaves. If you want to choose your roommates, an ordinary share is the better fit.
Can I rent a room in Logan Square near The 606 or the boulevards?
Yes, and those are the most sought-after blocks. The 606, the elevated trail along Bloomingdale Avenue, forms the southern edge of Logan Square and is lined with two-flats and new homes, while the historic boulevards, Logan, Kedzie, Palmer and Humboldt, are lined with greystones and big courtyard buildings, many with high ceilings and large rooms. Palmer Square Park, at the bend in the boulevard, is one of the neighborhood's favorite open spaces. Rooms on those blocks usually cost more than rooms on the inland side streets, and the 606 corridor is where housing prices have risen fastest. If you want trail access for less, look a few blocks north of Bloomingdale rather than directly on it.
What should I check about parking before I rent a room in Logan Square?
Ask before you sign, because parking rules differ block by block. Many Logan Square streets are in city residential permit parking zones, so if you keep a car you will need a zone permit for your address, and some rooms for rent advertise that a permit is needed while others note that the block has no permit restriction. A few buildings offer a garage space for an extra monthly fee. Street cleaning and winter snow routes also matter on the boulevards and main streets. If you do not drive, choose a room within walking distance of a Blue Line stop or a Milwaukee Avenue bus. Also check the heat, the windows and the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, especially in older greystones and two-flats.