Buffalo Grove · Lake County · IL
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Spoerlein Farms.
- Active listings
- 1
- Median list
- $275K
- Avg time on market
- 3 days
- Sold · last year
- 7
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About the community
Attached homes on the old Spoerlein farm, inside Stevenson's district.
Spoerlein Farms is a small attached-home community on the north side of McHenry Road, which is Illinois Route 83, just east of Arlington Heights Road, in the Lake County portion of Buffalo Grove. Its two streets are Courtland Drive and Ranchview Court. The name is not decorative: the Spoerlein family were long-time Buffalo Grove farmers, and their land became both this community and the Spoerlein Commons retail center directly across Route 83. The homes went up in the mid-to-late 1980s, and the community reads as quiet, mature and heavily landscaped, tucked behind a commercial frontage rather than facing it. Both condominium and townhome product appear here, which is the single most important thing a buyer needs to sort out before writing an offer.
At a glance
Attached homes, two forms
Both condominium flats and two-story townhomes are marketed here. Confirm the legal form for a specific unit from the recorded declaration, since it changes lender review, insurance and how assessments are levied.
District 96 and Stevenson 125
The Lake County side of Buffalo Grove, served by Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96 for K-8 and Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125.
Maintenance-free by design
Assessments cover water, insurance, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger service and snow removal. Nobody here shovels a driveway or prices a roof on their own.
Compact 1980s floor plans
Roughly 700 to about 1,500 sq ft, two and three bedrooms, with named plans including Courtland, Farmington and Westfield. Garages are single-car with driveway parking.
Retail across the street
Spoerlein Commons at 1151 McHenry Road is a two to three minute walk, with Strathmore Shopping Plaza and Long Grove's Sunset Grove close behind.
Buffalo Grove Park District
Mike Rylko Community Park, 76.5 acres with a fitness center, golf dome, amphitheater, skate park and pickleball, sits within about a mile.
Metra North Central Service
The Buffalo Grove station at 825 Commerce Court is about 2.5 miles east, with roughly 1,050 parking spaces and Pace connections.
What’s close
Spoerlein Farms sits on the north side of Route 83 just east of Arlington Heights Road, on the Lake County side of Buffalo Grove, about two miles north of Lake Cook Road.
- Shopping
- Spoerlein Commons is directly across Route 83, Strathmore Shopping Plaza is a few tenths of a mile away, and Sunset Grove in Long Grove, anchored by Sunset Foods, is under a mile.
- Schools
- Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96 for kindergarten through eighth grade and Stevenson District 125 for high school. Listing and county data assign Courtland Drive to Prairie Elementary and Twin Groves Middle School, but Ivy Hall Elementary is physically closer, so confirm the assignment by address with District 96.
- Highway
- Route 83 fronts the community and Arlington Heights Road is at the corner. Lake Cook Road is about two miles south and connects on toward Route 53 and I-294.
- Train
- Metra's Buffalo Grove station on the North Central Service is about 2.5 miles east. Prairie View and Wheeling stations are a few miles further. The North Central Service is a weekday-oriented line with lighter frequency than Metra's busier corridors.
- Parks
- The Buffalo Grove Park District runs Mike Rylko Community Park, Children's Park, Raupp Memorial Museum and Park, and the neighborhood-scale Martha Weiss and Oxford parks nearby.
- Hospital
- Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights is roughly 8.5 miles, Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville roughly 10 miles, and Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital roughly 13 miles.
What it’s actually like to live here
Spoerlein Farms is what a well-aged 1980s attached community looks like when the location does the heavy lifting. The homes are modest by square footage, the streets are short and low-traffic, and the landscaping has had four decades to fill in. The trade for that modest footprint is a Lake County Buffalo Grove address inside the Stevenson High School District 125 attendance area, with two shopping centers close enough to walk to and a 76-acre community park with a fitness center, golf dome, amphitheater and skate park a few minutes away. For a first-time buyer, a downsizer, or someone who wants the school district without the detached-home carrying cost, that is a specific and defensible proposition.
Day to day, this is low-maintenance living by design. The association handles exteriors, lawns, snow and, per the inclusion codes, water and trash. The corresponding trade is that you are buying into someone else's maintenance schedule and someone else's reserve balance. On buildings from the mid-1980s, roofs, siding, asphalt and mechanical systems are all in or near replacement territory, and the honest question is not whether those costs are coming but whether the association has funded them. Pull the reserve study and two years of board minutes. A community that has been assessing steadily is a safer buy than one that has kept dues artificially flat. It is also worth resolving the condominium versus townhome question early, because the answer determines whether your lender runs a condo project review and what your master policy insures versus what your own policy has to cover.
The other honest tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Units are small, some plans are under 1,000 square feet with a single bath, and garages are one-car, so a two-car household will be using the driveway. The south edge of the community sits on Route 83, and traffic noise on that side is real even though the interior streets are calm. Walkability is moderate: two shopping centers are a genuine short walk, but groceries, schools and work all assume a car. And while the Metra station is close, the North Central Service is a weekday-focused line rather than a high-frequency commuter corridor, so a rail-dependent buyer should test the actual timetable against their schedule before falling in love with the address. None of these are dealbreakers. They are the things to underwrite with eyes open rather than discover in month three.
The questions buyers actually ask
Spoerlein Farms FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Spoerlein Farms. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What does the HOA actually cover?
- Spoerlein Farms is an attached community, so the association carries the exteriors and the grounds. MLS inclusion codes for units here list water, insurance, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger service and snow removal, and an independent HOA directory adds street maintenance. Monthly assessments commonly run in the mid $200s to mid $300s depending on unit size, and published ranges across all unit types and years run wider. Dues and coverage are reset by the association's annual budget, so verify the current figure and the current inclusion list in the seller's disclosure package. On buildings of this vintage the reserve study and the roof and asphalt replacement schedule matter more than the dues number itself.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $6,000 – $10,000 per year, depending on home size and value. Lake County assessor records are the source of truth. Happy to pull a specific bill on any home you're considering.
- What's the typical closing timeline?
- 30 to 60 days from accepted offer to keys. Cash deals can close in two weeks. Conventional financing is usually closer to 60.
- Is Spoerlein Farms townhomes or condominiums?
- It is an attached community, and both labels get used. Lake County records file the addresses under a condominium or development record, some units carry unit numbers, and marketing for individual homes describes some as condos with balconies and vaulted ceilings and others as two-story townhomes. Because that distinction affects your lender's project review, your insurance and how assessments are levied, confirm the legal form for the specific unit from the recorded declaration and the title commitment rather than from the listing headline.
- What do the monthly assessments cover, and roughly how much are they?
- Assessments here commonly run in the mid $200s to mid $300s per month depending on unit size, and published ranges across all unit types run wider. MLS inclusion codes list water, insurance, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger service and snow removal, and an independent HOA directory adds street maintenance. Dues and coverage are set by the association's annual budget and can change, so verify the current figure and the current inclusion list in the seller's disclosure package.
- What schools serve Spoerlein Farms?
- This is the Lake County side of Buffalo Grove, served by Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 for kindergarten through eighth grade and Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 for high school. Listing and county data assign Courtland Drive addresses to Prairie Elementary for grades 1 to 5 and Twin Groves Middle School for grades 6 to 8, with District 96's kindergarten center serving kindergarten. Ivy Hall Elementary is District 96's other Buffalo Grove elementary and is physically closer, so confirm the assignment for the exact address using District 96's boundary lookup before you write an offer.
- How is the commute?
- The community fronts Route 83 with Arlington Heights Road at the corner, and Lake Cook Road is about two miles south, connecting on toward Route 53 and I-294. O'Hare is roughly 19 miles. For rail, Metra's Buffalo Grove station on the North Central Service is about 2.5 miles east at 825 Commerce Court, with roughly 1,050 parking spaces and Pace bus connections, and Prairie View station is a few miles further. One caution: the North Central Service is a weekday-oriented line with lighter frequency than Metra's busier corridors, so check the current timetable against your schedule.
- What should I inspect carefully in a mid-1980s attached home here?
- Focus on the things the association controls and the things it does not. On the association side: the reserve study, the roof and asphalt replacement schedule, any special assessment history or pending assessment, and the master insurance policy's deductible and walls-in versus walls-out line. On your side: furnace and air conditioning age, water heater, electrical panel, windows and sliding doors, and any evidence of past water intrusion at balconies and lower-level walls. Also read the rental cap and owner-occupancy percentage, since low owner-occupancy can restrict financing options for you and for your eventual buyer.
- What do homes cost here, and how is the market?
- Pricing depends heavily on which floor plan and square footage you are looking at, since the range in this community is wide relative to its size. Rather than quote a number that goes stale, use the live Market snapshot on this page, which pulls current listings and recent activity for Spoerlein Farms directly from the MLS.
- Who is the real estate agent for Spoerlein Farms?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Spoerlein Farms in Buffalo Grove, IL through Subdiview, a neighborhood-first home search for the Chicago suburbs and collar counties. Joe prices and negotiates from the live MRED sold comps for Spoerlein Farms specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
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Most agents will list anything. I focus on the places I actually know, and the things that move value here don't show up in the MLS write-up: which streets and buildings hold demand, what the HOA or assessments really cover, how the comps read once you account for condition and location, and where buyers consistently want to be.
When you're ready to tour or list, you want someone who has read the last 50 closed comps in this specific market, not a national average, and can tell you what they actually mean for your price. That's how I work. Text or call any time, and I'll give you a real take, not a brochure.
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Market snapshot
Spoerlein Farms, by the numbers
Live MRED data, refreshed daily. The numbers below tell you what this market is doing today, not what Zillow's algorithm thinks it might be doing six weeks from now.
Typical list price
$274,900
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$352,000
Homes for sale right now
1
Avg time on market
3 days
Sold in the last year
7
This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period August 16, 2025 through August 16, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
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Schools serving Spoerlein Farms
Where Spoerlein Farms homes go to school
Homes in Spoerlein Farms are most often zoned to Stevenson HS. Open a school to see its area, the district, and every home for sale that feeds it.
School assignment is derived from the school the MRED listing agent entered and is not a guarantee. Always verify current attendance boundaries with the district before writing an offer.
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