Mike Malinin, who was the drummer for the rock band the Goo Goo Dolls for almost two decades, and his wife, Krista, earlier this year paid $1.54 million for a four-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot house in Winnetka.

Malinin, 58, joined the Goo Goo Dolls in 1994 and remained in the band until his departure in 2013. From 2016 until 2023, he was the drummer for country singer Tanya Tucker.

Now, Malinin and his wife have moved from Franklin, Tennessee to the North Shore. In Winnetka, they bought a house that had been built in 1954 and was completely gut-renovated in 2015. The house has four bedrooms, hardwood floors, a recently expanded first floor, a great room with a fireplace, an office with a sliding barn door and a kitchen with a walk-in pantry, an island and a breakfast area.

Other features include a second-floor laundry room and a separate mud room entrance.

The house sold for above its asking price. It had been listed in March for $1.399 million and went under contract to sell just four days later.

Katie Moor of Compass, who represented the Malinins, declined to comment on the transaction or on why the couple moved to the Chicago area.

The house had an $18,710 property tax bill in the 2024 tax year.

In January 2025, the couple sold their five-bedroom, 3,761-square-foot house in Franklin, Tennessee’s Westhaven community for $2 million.

Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.

 

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