Some properties are about the house. This one is about the life you get to build around it. Set back down a maple lined driveway, this nine-acre property along Big Rock Creek offers something increasingly hard to find near Chicago's western suburbs: real privacy, real land, and real space to work with your hands. Over 50 mature oak trees frame a park like setting, and more than 300 feet of creek frontage runs through the property. There's an orchard and small pasture for anyone thinking about a big garden, or just room to spread out. The home itself was fully remodeled in 2025, so none of the big-ticket items are waiting for you. Three new furnaces and central air units, power blinds throughout, a fully remodeled master bath with a walk-in shower and walk in closets, a new living room fireplace, refinished hardwood floors, fresh paint on walls and trim, and a new washer and dryer. Move-in ready doesn't begin to cover it. Then there's the outbuilding, and it's the reason this property will make sense to a very specific kind of buyer. At 6,000 square feet, heated, and built from steel and masonry, it's not a pole barn. Three 14' by 14' overhead doors with 26' center height mean motorhomes, utility trailers, and heavy equipment can pass straight through. There's a built-in air compressor piped throughout the shop, tongue and groove pine floor to ceiling storage cabinets, and a tongue and groove pine loft that's ready to become a game room or workout space. Two separate glass display rooms with their own forced air heat are made for showing off cars the way they deserve to be shown. A full woodworking shop comes with workbenches, cabinets, a chop saw, and a drill press. There's a bathroom, a kitchenette with a refrigerator, an attached open-air secondary storage area, and a self-contained exterior tool shed for anything that doesn't fit anywhere else. This is a property for the person who's done commuting into an office and is ready to work from home for real, with acreage as the backdrop and a shop big enough to store the RV, restore the classic car, run the side business, or just finally have a place for every tool they own. It's not a fit for everyone. For the right buyer, it's exactly what they've been looking for and haven't been able to find!!!
| MLS # | 12733387 |
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| Listing Type | For Sale |
| Style | Farm or Ranch |
| Sub-Type | Resale |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 1994 |
| Days On Site | 11 |
| Listing Provided By | Legacy Properties, A Sarah Leonard Company, LLC | Melissa Garcia |
| Bed(s) | 4 |
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| Bath(s) | 5 Total |
| SQ Feet | 4,192 |
| Garage | 2 |
| Basement | Y |
| Story(s) | 1 |
| Acreage | 8.98 |
| Water Front | Yes |
| Rooms Total | 11 |
|---|---|
| Cooling | Central Air |
| Heating | Natural Gas |
| Appliances | Double Oven, Range, Microwave, Dishwasher, High End Refrigerator, Bar Fridge, Washer, Dryer |
| Fireplaces Total | 3 |
| Construction Materials | Brick |
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| Parking Features | Yes, Attached, Garage |
|---|---|
| Garage Spaces | 2 |
| Sewer | Septic Tank |
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| Tax Year | 2025 |
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| Tax Annual Amount | 30136.18 |
| State | IL |
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| County | Kane |
| City | Big Rock |
| Zip Code | 60511 |
| Area | Big Rock |
| Listing VS Median (in 60511) | |
Price: $1,450,000 low | high Med: $350,000 sqft: 4,192 low | high Med: 2,056 $ / sqft: $346 low | high Med: $170 On site: 11 low | high Med: 8 | |
| State | IL |
|---|---|
| County | Kane |
| City | Big Rock |
| Zip Code | 60511 |
| Area | Big Rock |
| Listing VS Median (in 60511) | |
Price: $1,450,000 low | high Med: $350,000 sqft: 4,192 low | high Med: 2,056 $ / sqft: $346 low | high Med: $170 On site: 11 low | high Med: 8 | |