Naperville · DuPage County · IL
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Cress Creek Commons.
- Active listings
- 1
- Median list
- $1.40M
- Avg time on market
- 3 days
- Sold · last year
- 5
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About the community
A north Naperville subdivision with its own pool, tennis, and clubhouse.
Cress Creek Commons is a residential subdivision on the north side of Naperville, generally north of Ogden Avenue and west of Mill Street, with its private Bathe and Racquet Club on Bauer Road. The first phase was recorded with the DuPage County Recorder in October 1976 and built out in phases through the 1980s, with a final unit platted in 1988. The subdivision was laid out around three landscaped lakes and sits directly next to the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's McDowell Grove. It contains both detached single-family homes and attached townhouses under one association, with two separate maintenance and assessment classes written into the recorded declaration.
At a glance
Private pool and tennis club
The association owns the Bathe and Racquet Club on Bauer Road, with a pool, tennis courts, and a clubhouse.
Three landscaped lakes
The subdivision was laid out around three lakes and association-maintained open space.
McDowell Grove next door
A 465-acre DuPage County forest preserve with roughly seven miles of trails on the West Branch DuPage River.
Detached homes and townhomes
Two products in one subdivision, each with its own maintenance class and assessment tier.
Swim and water polo teams
The club runs a swim team, a water polo program, and weekday morning swim lessons in season.
Naperville District 203
Reported attendance at Mill Street Elementary, Jefferson Junior High, and Naperville North High School. Confirm by address.
Recorded in 1976
A distinct platted subdivision with its own recorded declaration and not-for-profit association, amended and restated in 2025.
Separate from the country club
Cress Creek Country Club is a different, member-owned organization. A Commons address does not include golf membership.
BNSF Metra access
The Naperville and Route 59 stations on the BNSF line run to Chicago Union Station.
What’s close
Cress Creek Commons sits on the north side of Naperville, north of Ogden Avenue and west of Mill Street, with McDowell Grove Forest Preserve on its edge.
- Amenities on-site
- The Bathe and Racquet Club with pool, tennis courts, and clubhouse, plus three landscaped lakes and common open space.
- Open space
- McDowell Grove Forest Preserve immediately adjacent, 465 acres with roughly seven miles of trails connecting to the West Branch DuPage River Regional Trail.
- Highway
- Ogden Avenue is the immediate arterial, with I-88 to the north and I-355 to the east.
- Train
- The BNSF line serves the Naperville station downtown and the Route 59 station to the west, both running to Chicago Union Station.
- Shopping
- The Ogden Avenue corridor for everyday needs, downtown Naperville and the Riverwalk to the south, and the Route 59 corridor west.
- Schools
- Naperville Community Unit School District 203, with Mill Street Elementary, Jefferson Junior High, and Naperville North High School reported for this subdivision. Confirm by address.
What it’s actually like to live here
Cress Creek Commons was designed as a neighborhood that gives you somewhere to go without leaving it. Three landscaped lakes anchor the layout, and the association owns and runs its own pool, tennis courts, and clubhouse on Bauer Road. That amenity is not a token feature bolted on for marketing. It has a pool manager and lifeguard staff, a swim team and a water polo program, swim lessons on weekday mornings, a garden club, a moms and tots group, and a summer social calendar. Demand for it is real enough that the association caps non-resident memberships and keeps a waitlist. If you are buying with young kids, this is the single strongest argument for the neighborhood, because the summer social life is walkable and already built.
The second argument is the edge condition. McDowell Grove Forest Preserve sits right next door, 465 acres of floodplain forest and open field along the West Branch of the DuPage River, with roughly seven miles of trails that plug into a regional network. Very few Naperville subdivisions in this band hand you a preserve of that scale at the property line. Combined with the interior lakes, it means a meaningful share of homes look at water or trees rather than at another rooftop, and the daily walk or ride does not start with getting in the car.
The honest tradeoffs are three. First, the houses are old enough to matter: the first phase was platted in 1976 and even the last phase is now decades old, so condition varies enormously house to house and buyers should budget seriously for mechanicals, roofs, windows, and any kitchen or bath that has not been redone. Second, the ownership picture is genuinely two-tiered and buyers confuse it routinely. Detached owners pay a modest assessment that buys common area upkeep and the club membership and remain responsible for their own exterior, while townhouse owners pay substantially more because the association maintains their building exteriors and funds a separate reserve. Third, the Cress Creek name does a lot of work in this part of Naperville and it can mislead: the country club, the older Cress Creek Country Club Estates subdivision with its own separate association, and Cress Creek Commons are three different things. Living in the Commons gets you the Commons pool. It does not get you the golf course.
Market trends
Why this market moves the way it does
Cress Creek Commons trades on three things: the private club membership that comes with the address, the McDowell Grove edge, and District 203 schools. Because the subdivision holds both townhomes and detached homes built across a decade, the internal price range is wide and condition drives much of the spread.
What holds value
The fundamentals matter more than the cosmetics here. Buyers want floor plan, lot, and basement, in that order. Cosmetics are the tiebreaker.
- Club membership included
- Household membership in the pool and tennis club comes with the assessment, which is a durable draw against plainer nearby subdivisions.
- District 203
- Naperville 203 schools remain one of the strongest and most repeatable demand drivers in DuPage County.
- Two products, two price bands
- Attached townhomes and detached homes sit at clearly different price points under one subdivision name, so comps must match the product.
- Condition and updating
- A late 1970s home in original condition and a gut-renovated one compete in the same market, and the gap is substantial.
- Lot position
- Homes backing to one of the three lakes, to open space, or to the forest preserve carry a premium over interior lots.
Real talk
Who shouldn’t buy here
Here is the honest version before you tour.
Make sure you are reading the right HOA budget. This association has two classes with very different assessments and very different services. Detached owners maintain their own exteriors and pay a low assessment that essentially buys common area upkeep and the club. Townhouse owners pay several times that because the association paints, repairs, and maintains their building envelope and funds a separate townhouse reserve. Buyers who skim a listing summary get surprised at the closing table. Ask which class the specific address falls into and get that class's budget.
The Cress Creek name is not one thing. Cress Creek Country Club is a private, member-owned equity club with its own membership process and dues, and the older Cress Creek Country Club Estates subdivision has a separate homeowners association entirely. Buying in the Commons gives you the Commons pool and tennis club. It gives you no rights at the golf course. If golf membership is part of your plan, treat it as a separate application and a separate cost.
These homes are in their fifth decade. Roofs, windows, furnaces, air conditioners, and original kitchens and baths are all live issues depending on the house, and two homes on the same street can be a renovation apart. Do not let the amenity package or the district talk you out of a thorough inspection, and price the deferred maintenance into your offer rather than discovering it later.
One piece of advice
“Cress Creek Commons is one of the few Naperville subdivisions where the association actually owns a pool and tennis club worth using, and having McDowell Grove at the property line is a genuine advantage that does not show up in a listing photo. Just get the right assessment tier for the product you are buying, understand that the country club is a separate organization, and inspect the house on its own merits given the era. Confirm the school assignment with District 203 for the exact address before you rely on it.”
The questions buyers actually ask
Cress Creek Commons FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Cress Creek Commons. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- How much is the HOA?
- Single-family homes are $50 per month. townhomes and condos are $390 per month.
- What does the HOA actually cover?
- The single-family assessment covers common area and lake maintenance, entryway landscaping and signage, association insurance, reserves, and household membership in the Bathe and Racquet Club. The townhouse assessment covers all of that plus exterior maintenance on the building, specifically paint, gutters, downspouts, exterior surfaces, trees, shrubs, grass, and private walks, excluding glass, and funds a separate townhouse reserve account. Confirm the exact current assessment for the specific address through the association disclosure.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $11,000 – $20,000 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 Cress Creek Commons a real subdivision or just a name agents use for the Cress Creek area?
- It is a genuine, separately platted subdivision with its own recorded governing documents. Cress Creek Commons Unit One was recorded as a plat with the DuPage County Recorder in October 1976, with the declaration of covenants recorded that same month, later phases added by recorded amendments through 1984, and a final unit platted in 1988. The association is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation with an elected board and its own pool and tennis facility on Bauer Road, and the declaration was amended and restated in 2025.
- Does buying here include a membership at Cress Creek Country Club?
- No. Cress Creek Country Club is a private, member-owned equity club whose members purchased the club and course from the original developing corporation in 1988. It is a separate organization from Cress Creek Commons Homeowners Association, with its own membership process and dues. What your Commons assessment includes is household membership in the neighborhood's own Bathe and Racquet Club, which is the pool, tennis courts, and clubhouse on Bauer Road.
- Are the homes here townhomes or detached single-family?
- Both, and the difference matters financially. The recorded declaration creates two maintenance classes. Detached owners receive the fewest association services and maintain their own exteriors. Townhouse owners pay a higher assessment because the association handles exterior maintenance on their buildings, specifically paint, gutters, downspouts, exterior surfaces, trees, shrubs, grass, and private walks, excluding glass, and because they fund a separate townhouse reserve account. Confirm which class a given address falls into before you budget.
- What do the HOA dues cover, and how much are they?
- For a detached home the assessment covers common area and lake maintenance, entryway landscaping and signage, association insurance, reserves, and membership in the pool and tennis club. For a townhome it covers all of that plus building exterior maintenance and a dedicated townhouse reserve. The two classes are priced very differently and the association does not publish a current schedule publicly, so get the exact figure from the association disclosure package rather than from a listing summary.
- What schools would my kids attend?
- Cress Creek Commons is in Naperville Community Unit School District 203. The association's own website and MLS records identify Mill Street Elementary, Jefferson Junior High, and Naperville North High School, and District 203 documents that students whose home high school is Naperville North attend Jefferson Junior High. Attendance areas change and Mill Street enrolls only students inside its boundary, so confirm the assignment for the specific address through District 203's boundaries page or Centralized Enrollment before you rely on it.
- What do homes cost here and how competitive is the market?
- Pricing spans a wide range because the subdivision contains both attached townhomes and detached homes, and because condition varies a great deal across a housing stock built from the late 1970s into the 1980s. Rather than quote a figure that goes stale, check the Market snapshot on this page, which pulls current list and sale activity for the subdivision directly from the MLS.
- Who is the real estate agent for Cress Creek Commons?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Cress Creek Commons in Naperville, 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 Cress Creek Commons specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
Your local agent
Joe knows Cress Creek Commons
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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- Honest local market take
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Market snapshot
Cress Creek Commons, 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
$1,395,000
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$600,000
Homes for sale right now
1
Avg time on market
3 days
Sold in the last year
5
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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Where Cress Creek Commons homes go to school
Homes in Cress Creek Commons are most often zoned to Naperville North 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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