Chambord: Oak Brook’s French-Accented Townhouse Enclave

If you’ve driven along 31st Street west of Meyers Road, you’ve probably passed Chambord without quite noticing it — that’s part of its charm. Tucked behind mature trees, this quiet townhouse community trades curb-side flash for a wooded, low-key setting, and it’s one of the more distinctive corners of Oak Brook’s townhouse market.

A 1970s Community With a French Theme

Chambord was built between 1970 and 1977 by developers Paul Butler and Del Webb, who modeled the community directly on the Château de Chambord in France’s Loire Valley — the same château, walled forest, and sweeping tree-lined avenues that inspired the name. That French theme runs through the entire subdivision: the streets carry names like Avenue Normandy, Avenue Royal, Avenue Barbizon, and Avenue Orleans. The community includes about 180 homes spread across 134 buildings, with four main floor plans — the A, B, Chateau, and J models — ranging from roughly 1,600 to nearly 2,900 square feet. Most units offer 2 to 4 bedrooms with 2.1-bath layouts and either a full or partial basement, giving buyers more room to spread out than a typical condo.

The amenity package is a big part of Chambord’s appeal: residents have access to a pool, sundeck, tennis courts, a clubhouse with a party room, a playground, and on-site management. HOA dues run roughly $172 to $241 a month, and pet owners are in luck — Chambord allows both cats and dogs, up to three pets per home.

What Homes Are Selling For

Chambord’s pricing has moved up steadily in recent years. The median sale price climbed from about $372,500 in 2022 to $434,500 in 2023, $440,000 in 2024, and roughly $492,500 in 2025 — nearly a 32% increase over three years. Sales volume has stayed modest and fairly consistent, with somewhere between five and seven closings a year, which tells you this is a small, tightly held community rather than a high-turnover complex. The most recent sale was 19W062 Avenue Barbizon, which closed on July 6, 2026 for $515,000, 98% of list price.

Here’s the most current picture, pulled directly from a 6-month MLS market report for Chambord (MRED, as of 7/7/2026):

All seven are two-story townhouses. Over the six closed sales, prices ranged from $425,000 to $545,000, with an average sale price of about $509,300 and a median of roughly $522,450 — a strong showing for a community with this much history, and a sign that well-maintained, larger units (more rooms, more parking) are commanding the top of the range. The one active listing, an FHA-approved 3-bedroom on Avenue Orleans with three parking spaces, is priced at $425,000, right at the floor of the recent closed range.

The Bigger Picture: Oak Brook’s Townhouse Market

Chambord is a useful lens into Oak Brook’s townhouse and attached-home market as a whole, which is small and tight by design. Oak Brook is overwhelmingly a single-family-home community, so townhouse and condo inventory is limited across the board — at any given time, there might only be a handful of attached homes for sale village-wide, spread across enclaves like Chambord, Oak Brook Colony and Gingerbrook. That scarcity tends to support pricing: homes that do come to market often move quickly, with typical days-on-market in the 30-to-50-day range recently, and it’s not unusual to see multiple offers on well-priced, well-maintained units.

For buyers, that means townhouse living in Oak Brook comes with real trade-offs to weigh: less inventory and less negotiating leverage, but also access to Oak Brook’s low property taxes, top-rated schools, and proximity to the Oakbrook Center shopping district — all without the maintenance demands of a large single-family lot. For sellers, it means a well-positioned townhouse, especially one in a well-run community like Chambord, tends to generate solid interest without sitting on the market long.

Is Chambord Right for You?

Chambord tends to attract a mix of downsizers who want space without yard work, and buyers priced out of Oak Brook’s single-family inventory who still want the schools and the zip code. The wooded setting, resort-style amenities, and relatively larger floor plans set it apart from more compact townhouse developments nearby. If you’re weighing a move into — or out of — Chambord or another Oak Brook townhouse community, it’s worth talking through current inventory and recent comparable sales before you price or make an offer, since a market this small can shift quickly with just one or two new listings.

Sales data sourced from a 6-month Chambord market report, MRED MLS, compiled by Karen Baker, SRES, Coldwell Banker Realty (7/7/2026)