Glendale Heights · DuPage County · IL
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Shorewood.
- Active listings
- 1
- Median list
- $138K
- Avg time on market
- 31 days
- Sold · last year
- 9
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About the community
An entry-price DuPage condo where the fee covers the winter.
Shorewood is a condominium community on Shorewood Drive east of Bloomingdale Road in Glendale Heights, built around 1979 with the community as a whole dated 1978 to 1980. Units are stacked flats identified by floor level, in three-story buildings of roughly eight units each, with elevators in at least some buildings. Parcels here carry DuPage County PINs in Milton Township, which places Shorewood in the southern arm of Glendale Heights rather than the larger Bloomingdale Township portion, and that is the reason its school assignment differs from most of the village. The defining feature is the assessment: heat, gas and water are all inside the monthly fee, which is rare in this market and materially changes how the community should be priced against its competition.
At a glance
Heat and gas in the assessment
Most Chicago-area condo fees cover water, insurance and landscaping. Very few cover heat and gas, which is typically the largest variable utility line a homeowner carries in winter.
Condominium, not townhome
Stacked flats identified by floor level in three-story buildings of roughly eight units, with elevators in at least some buildings. There are no attached-garage townhomes in the 1979 Shorewood buildings.
Clubhouse and pool
Community data and the fee inclusion list both name a clubhouse, with a pool, party room, sundeck, coin laundry, storage lockers and a bike room also reported.
District 41 and Glenbard West
The Milton Township corner of Glendale Heights sits in Glen Ellyn School District 41 for K-8 and Glenbard Township High School District 87, with Glenbard West as the reported high school.
Compact 1979 floor plans
One bedroom, one bath units at roughly 740 to 800 sq ft and two bedroom, two bath units at roughly 900 to 1,000 sq ft, with balconies on upper floors and no basements.
Parking included
Parking is inside the assessment. Assume assigned exterior or lot parking rather than an attached garage unless a specific unit's listing says otherwise.
Hospital in the village
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks at 701 N. Winthrop Ave. is the in-village hospital.
What’s close
Shorewood sits off Bloomingdale Road in the southern part of Glendale Heights, close to the North Avenue corridor and about two miles from the Glen Ellyn Metra station.
- Schools
- Glen Ellyn School District 41 for K-8 and Glenbard Township High School District 87, with Glenbard West reported as the high school. Listing data reports Churchill Elementary and Hadley Junior High, but District 41 sets elementary attendance by an official boundary map and other sources point to Lincoln Elementary, so confirm the elementary assignment by exact address with District 41.
- Highway
- North Avenue, which is Route 64, is the primary east-west arterial at the south end of the village, with Army Trail Road to the north and I-355 running north-south along the eastern edge toward I-290 and I-88.
- Train
- There is no Metra station in Glendale Heights. The Glen Ellyn station at 551 Crescent Blvd. and the College Avenue station in Wheaton, both on the Union Pacific West line, are the natural park-and-ride choices, with Pace routes 711 and 715 serving the village.
- Shopping
- The North Avenue and Army Trail Road corridors carry the everyday retail, grocery and dining. Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale has been demolished and the site is being redeveloped by the village as The Grove at Bloomingdale, with groundwork begun in January 2026.
- Recreation
- Camera Park, a 64-acre village park with a playground, basketball courts, athletic fields, a skate park and walking paths, plus the village-owned Glendale Lakes Golf Club, an 18-hole public course.
- Hospital
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks at 701 N. Winthrop Ave. in Glendale Heights, the in-village hospital.
What it’s actually like to live here
Shorewood is what an honest DuPage entry point looks like. The buildings went up around 1979 in the southern arm of Glendale Heights, close enough to North Avenue and Bloomingdale Road that a grocery run or a pharmacy stop is a short drive rather than an outing, and close enough to Glen Ellyn that the Metra platform and the Glenbard West attendance area are within a couple of miles. The units are small and stacked, mostly one-bedroom and two-bedroom flats under a thousand square feet, and the grounds are mature in the way that only forty-plus-year-old landscaping gets. There is a clubhouse and a pool, common laundry, storage lockers, assigned parking and an on-site manager. It is a low-friction way to live: you do not shovel, you do not mow, you do not re-roof, and you do not open a heating bill in February.
The thing that separates Shorewood from most condos in its price band is the assessment structure. Heat, gas and water are all inside the monthly fee, along with insurance on the structure, parking, exterior maintenance, lawn care and snow removal. That means the monthly number you see is very close to the monthly number you actually live with, and it means winter does not surprise you. It also means the assessment is doing more work than a typical condo fee, so comparing Shorewood's dues against a building that bills heat separately is comparing two different products. When you underwrite this community, add the heat and gas you would be paying elsewhere back onto the competing building's fee before deciding which one is cheaper.
Now the tradeoffs, and they are real. Entry-price condominium communities share a predictable set of pressures. Rental concentration is the first: units in this size and price band get bought as rentals, and owner-occupancy percentage matters both for the day-to-day feel of the property and for whether conventional and FHA financing is available at all. Financing is the second. Condominiums undergo project-level review, not just borrower-level review, and a project can fail for reasons that have nothing to do with your unit: too many rentals, too many delinquent owners, thin reserves, a pending special assessment or deferred structural work. If you are planning on an FHA loan, verify the project's current approval status rather than assuming it. Assessment increases are the third. Because the association buys the building's heat and gas, energy cost inflation flows into the budget and returns as dues increases, and a building stock past forty years old carries roofs, boilers, windows and parking lots that will need capital. None of this makes Shorewood a bad buy. It makes it a buy where the association documents matter more than the countertops. Pull the budget, the reserve study, the last two years of board minutes, the owner-occupancy percentage and the master insurance certificate, and read them before you get attached to a unit.
The questions buyers actually ask
Shorewood FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Shorewood. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What does the HOA actually cover?
- The Shorewood Condominium Association's monthly assessment is doing more work than a typical condo fee. Per MLS inclusion data it covers heat, gas, water, parking, master insurance, the clubhouse, exterior maintenance, lawn care and snow removal, with refuse service and pool access appearing in some inclusion sets. Assessments are reported in a range of roughly $245 to $385 per month depending on unit size and plan. Heat and gas inside the fee is unusual in the Chicago suburbs and it is the reason a Shorewood assessment should not be compared head to head against a lower fee elsewhere without adding that building's winter heating cost back in. The flip side is that energy cost inflation lands on the association's budget and returns to owners as dues increases, so ask for the last three years of budgets and any assessment-increase history.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $3,000 – $5,000 per year, depending on home size and value. DuPage 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 Shorewood condominiums or townhomes?
- Condominiums. Units are stacked flats identified by floor level, in three-story buildings of roughly eight units each, and at least some buildings have elevators. There are no attached-garage, side-by-side townhomes in the 1979 Shorewood buildings. Note that a separate development called Shorewood Court, built around 2002, does contain townhomes, and the Wildwood Glen condominiums built in 1996 also sit on Shorewood Drive, so make sure the address you are looking at is actually in the Shorewood Condominium Association. This is also not the Village of Shorewood in Will County.
- What does the monthly assessment include, and why does it look different from other condos?
- Assessments are reported in a range of roughly $245 to $385 per month depending on unit size, and they include heat, gas, water, parking, master insurance, the clubhouse, exterior maintenance, lawn care and snow removal, with refuse service and pool access appearing in some inclusion sets. Heat and gas being inside the fee is unusual. In most condos those are billed separately and can be the largest variable line item in a Chicago winter. That makes the total cost of living here far more predictable, and it means you should not compare Shorewood's fee to a lower fee elsewhere without adding that building's heating cost back in. Verify the exact current assessment for the specific unit, since dues change.
- What schools serve Shorewood?
- Shorewood sits in the southern, Milton Township portion of Glendale Heights, which is served by Glen Ellyn School District 41 for K-8 and Glenbard Township High School District 87 for high school, with Glenbard West as the reported high school. Listing data reports Churchill Elementary and Hadley Junior High for Shorewood Drive addresses. However, District 41 operates four elementary schools and sets attendance by an official boundary map, and some reference sources indicate Glendale Heights students in District 41 attend Lincoln Elementary. Confirm the elementary assignment for your exact unit address with District 41 directly before you rely on it.
- How old are the buildings, and what should I expect from a 1970s condominium?
- The community was built roughly 1978 to 1980, with most units carrying a 1979 build year. Expect brick and aluminum siding exteriors, no basements, forced-air cooling and balconies on upper-floor units. At this age the association's capital planning matters more than any individual unit's finishes. Ask for the current budget, the most recent reserve study, the last two years of board meeting minutes, and any history of or plans for a special assessment. Roofs, boilers, windows, common corridors and parking lot resurfacing are the line items that drive assessments in a building of this vintage.
- Can I get a mortgage on a condo like this, and does it matter how many units are rented?
- It matters a great deal. Condominium lending involves a review of the association itself, not just of you as a borrower. Lenders look at the percentage of owner-occupied versus rented units, the share of owners delinquent on assessments, reserve funding, the master insurance policy, any litigation and any pending special assessment. A project that fails review can limit you to a smaller set of loan products or a larger down payment. If you are planning on an FHA loan, verify the project's current approval status before you go under contract. Talk to a lender who does condo financing regularly, and ask for the association's condo questionnaire early in the process.
- What do homes here cost and how is the market moving?
- Shorewood sits at the entry end of the DuPage County ownership market, with pricing separating meaningfully between the one-bedroom plans and the larger two-bedroom, two-bath plans, and with a wide condition spread because renovation here is unit by unit rather than association-driven. Rather than quote a stale number, check the live Market snapshot on this page, which pulls current listings and recent sale activity straight from the MLS. On carrying costs, DuPage effective property tax rates in Glendale Heights run in the approximate range of 2.5 to 3.0 percent of market value before exemptions, which is high for the metro, though the resulting dollar bill is modest relative to DuPage single-family housing because the units are small.
- Who is the real estate agent for Shorewood?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Shorewood in Glendale Heights, 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 Shorewood 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.
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Market snapshot
Shorewood, 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
$137,700
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$171,000
Homes for sale right now
1
Avg time on market
31 days
Sold in the last year
9
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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