Historic
Off-Grid Hawaii Home with Owned Solar, Fruit Trees, Black Sand Beach Near — $145,000
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 | 2BD/2BA off-grid Hawaii home, solar+tankless, fruit trees, coastal and town access |
| Condition | 25% | 7 | 2009 build, turnkey described, solar and tankless owned; no roof/HVAC specifics noted |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 8 | Listing $137/sqft vs zip median $199/sqft — 31% below; thin 4-comp dataset, directional |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 9 | $145K vs $348K zip median — 58% below; zip likely skewed by larger/land sales |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 7 | DOM 98 median, 46.6% price drops, sale-to-list 97.7% — clear buyer's market signals |
A 2-bedroom, 2-bath house in Hawaii for $145,000 is the kind of number that makes you read the listing twice. The zip median runs around $348,000, and at $137 per square foot this comes in well below what comparable properties have been moving for. That gap has a context worth knowing: this is Lower Puna, which carries its own set of considerations, and the market here shows 46% of listings taking price cuts before they sell. But the price is real.
The house itself is 1,056 square feet, built in 2009, and fully off-grid. It runs on a photovoltaic solar system that is owned outright, so no lease payments and no utility bills attached to power. Hot water comes from a tankless on-demand heater, and cooking runs on gas. For a household that wants to live simply and keep monthly costs low, the infrastructure is already in place.
The lot is fenced and has fruit trees on it. The agent description mentions flowers as well. It sits within the native flora of the Black Sands area, which means you have green, private space around you rather than a packed suburban street.
Location is one of the better things going for this property. Pahoa Town is about 10 minutes north, which puts groceries, a pharmacy, and restaurants within easy reach. Kehena Black Sand Beach is about 10 minutes south. That is a genuinely useful position to be in, not isolated and not suburban either.
The listing calls it two bedrooms and two baths, though the agent description mentions one bath in the body copy. Worth clarifying before you go further. At 1,056 square feet across two bedrooms, the rooms are going to be modest in size. This is not a sprawling layout. It is a house scaled for two people who want to live in Hawaii without a mortgage that defines the next 30 years of their life.
Lower Puna has history with volcanic activity, and any buyer should go in clear-eyed about what that means for insurance and long-term risk. That is the real asterisk. What the price makes possible, even so, is a life in Hawaii with owned land, no utility bills, a beach ten minutes away, and fruit growing in your yard.
