Former Chicago Bears safety DeAndre Houston-Carson and his wife, Elizabeth, in December paid $1.2 million for a five-bedroom, 4,608-square-foot farmhouse-style home on 5 acres in Barrington Hills, three months after the couple sold their five-bedroom, 3,001-square-foot home in Hawthorn Woods for $800,000.
Houston-Carson played for the Bears from 2016 until signing with the Baltimore Ravens as a free agent in 2023. He later joined the Houston Texans and currently is a free agent.
In Barrington Hills, the couple’s new home was built in 1977, with an addition designed by South Barrington-based Reed Architects. Features include 4 ½ bathrooms, three fireplaces, a gallery-style entry, and a kitchen that was updated in 2016 that has a 16-foot island, marble countertops, a Wolf Range, a Wolf double oven, two Bosch dishwashers, custom cabinetry and two sinks with polished nickel fixtures.
Other features include a family room with vaulted ceilings, a screened porch, a mudroom with built-in storage and a four-car, extra deep garage. The house’s primary suite has large walk-in closets and a full basement that is framed out and able to be finished.
Outside on the property are a pool and a patio.
The house had been listed for $1.45 million in May 2023 and was reduced to $1.35 million the following month and then to $1.295 million in August.
Scott Glazer of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate, who represented the couple, told Elite Street that Elizabeth Houston-Carson is from the Chicago area, and that the couple was looking for a new home with acreage and privacy.
“They didn’t want a cookie-cutter subdivision, and in Barrington Hills, the average acreage is 5 acres. And Barrington Hills has great schools,” he said. “The home is very, very nice — it’s their forever home.”
The Barrington Hills home had a $17,991 property tax bill in the 2022 tax year.
Meanwhile, in Hawthorn Woods, the Houston-Carsons had paid $665,000 in 2021 for the house that they sold last year. Built in 2005 and situated on a half-acre lot at the end of a cul-de-sac and adjacent to the Hawthorn Woods Country Club, the home has 4 ½ bathrooms, a two-story family room with a fireplace, a home office and a kitchen with 42-inch Shilon cabinets with soft-close technology, granite countertops, a marble backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island with quartzite countertops.
Other features include a primary suite with a sitting area and a walk-in closet with custom built-ins, and a lower level with a full kitchen with KitchenAid appliances, plus a movie room with a 100-inch screen and LED color-changing lighting. Outside on the 0.51-acre property are an extended paver patio, a gas fire pit with logs and an in-ground sprinkler system.
The couple first listed the Hawthorn Woods house in July for $799,000 and they sold it less than two months later for basically the same price.
The house had a $14,714 property tax bill in the 2022 tax year.
Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.