Former Chicago Bears quarterback Andy Dalton and his wife, Jordan, on Thursday sold their six-bedroom, 5,347-square-foot Nantucket-style house in Lake Bluff for $3.2 million.
Now a quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, Dalton, 36, played for the Bears in 2021, and was the team’s starting quarterback for that season’s first two contests before suffering a knee injury and becoming the backup play caller to Justin Fields.
Through a limited liability company, Dalton and his wife paid $2.47 million in May 2021 for the Lake Bluff home. Built in 2005, the house has 6-1/2 bathrooms, four fireplaces, high ceilings, wide-plank white oak floors, a living room with a custom-built bar, a first-floor study with a coffered ceiling, a family room with a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, and an updated kitchen with white quartzite countertops, white custom cabinets and an island. Other features include a lower level with a game room, an exercise room, an additional bedroom and a rec room with luxury vinyl flooring and a gas fireplace. The home’s primary bedroom suite has an outdoor deck and a marble bathroom with a large shower and a separate soaking tub.
The house has a three-car garage, a fire pit area, a fenced back yard and several paver patios.
The Daltons first listed the house Feb. 6 for $3.25 million. It went under contract to sell just four days later, and the sale closed Thursday. Records show that the buyer is an opaque land trust whose beneficiary could not immediately be determined by Elite Street.
Listing agent Alissa McNicholas of Compass declined to comment on the sellers or even confirm their identities. However, she praised the home’s features, including its updates
“It’s one of my favorite homes I’ve ever sold — there’s so much about it, including its location, the lot size and the floor plan,” she said. “They did so much to it, and they made it such a wonderful house. It’s such a great home, and it obviously sold quickly because of all that.”
The house had a $48,582 property tax bill in the 2022 tax year.
Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.