Historic
1920 Bartlesville Bungalow, Remodeled Kitchen and Baths, Walk to Downtown — $149,000
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 7 | 1920 build, 1,452 sqft, 3/1, walkable to downtown Bartlesville amenities |
| Condition | 25% | 7 | Kitchen, baths, windows, and HVAC updated — move-in ready with named systems |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 7 | Listing $103/sqft vs zip median $114/sqft — ~10% below; thin 8-comp dataset |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 3 | $149K vs zip median $137,959 — ~8% above median, mild negative |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | 39.4% price drops is a buyer signal; DOM 42, sale-to-list 99.2% balanced |
A hundred-year-old house that someone has already done the hard work on is a different proposition than one you're walking into blind. This one on South Creek Avenue was built in 1920, and the kitchen, bathrooms, windows, and HVAC have all been updated. That combination matters. The bones are old; the systems are current. You get the vintage without the dread.
The mini-split HVAC is worth mentioning specifically because it's a real upgrade in a house this age, not a patch. Same with the windows. These are the line items that tend to surprise people on older homes when they haven't been addressed. Here they have been.
At 1,452 square feet with three bedrooms and one bath, this is a house that fits a small family or works well for someone who wants a manageable space close to everything. The single bath is the constraint. One bathroom in a three-bedroom house is fine until it's not, and whether that matters depends entirely on who's living there and how many of them are trying to get somewhere in the morning.
The location is the other thing worth understanding. South Creek Avenue puts you walkable to downtown Bartlesville, which means you can walk to things without getting in a car. That's a real quality of life difference depending on how you live.
On price: $149,000 is about eight percent above the zip code median, which is a mild negative. But the price per square foot sits around $103 against a zip median of $114, so relative to size, you're paying less than average. The dataset behind that comparison is thin, eight comps, so take it with appropriate skepticism. What's also true is that 39 percent of active listings in this market have taken price cuts, which gives buyers some room to push. Days on market are running around 42, and homes are closing close to asking, so the market is slow enough to negotiate but not distressed.
The kitchen remodel and updated appliances make this easy to move into. The single bath and the price relative to median are the things to weigh. At $149,000 for a 1920 house that someone has already modernized and put on a walkable street, you're paying for convenience and condition, and in this case both are there.
