Historic, Garage
1925 Shawnee Home with Garage, Carport, and Storm Shelter — $60,000
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 | 1925 build, 2 full baths, detached garage, carport, storm shelter; thin description |
| Condition | 25% | 5 | No system dates, no renovation history; as-is implied; pre-1950 AS-IS exception applied |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 9 | $47/sqft vs $90 zip median — 48% below; 6 comps, directional signal only |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 9 | $60K vs $184,920 median — 68% below; median likely skewed by varied inventory |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | DOM 29, sale-to-list 96.1%, 43% price drops — clear buyer's market signal |
Forty-seven dollars a square foot. That number is what stops you here. The zip median runs $90, and this 1925 house in Shawnee comes in at almost exactly half that. At $60,000 for 1,270 square feet, you are in century-old-home territory at a price that leaves room to actually do something with it.
The house is two bedrooms, two full baths, which is the thing worth pausing on. A lot of houses this age were built with one bath, so the fact that this one has two is a genuine structural advantage, whatever shape they are currently in. The primary bedroom is described as large, and based on the footprint, that tracks. A 1925 build will have a different kind of room proportion than anything built in the last forty years, taller ceilings, thicker walls, the kind of layout where rooms feel like rooms.
Outside, there is a detached garage plus a covered carport, which gives you covered parking for two vehicles and additional storage or workspace. There is also an outdoor storm shelter, which in Oklahoma is a practical feature, not a selling point someone invented.
Now the part you need to hear plainly: there are no system dates, no renovation history, and nothing in the listing suggests this has been updated recently. A house built in 1925 that sells at this price almost certainly needs work. Electrical, plumbing, roof, HVAC, foundation inspection, all of it is a question mark. You would be buying a project, and you should go in budgeting like one. The listing is thin, which means the seller is not hiding behind a long list of upgrades, because there probably are not any.
What $60,000 buys here is the shell of something with genuine age and character, a two-bath layout that was never guaranteed in a house from this era, a practical outdoor setup, and enough room in the price to absorb renovation costs without ending up underwater. That is what makes this worth looking at.
