Acreage, Garage, Historic
1920 Four-Bedroom on Half an Acre with Garage — $85,000
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 home, 0.56 acres, 2047 sqft, 4 beds, hardwood floors, 2-car detached garage |
| Condition | 25% | 4 | Sold as-is; investor/handy-buyer language; no system dates or renovation history |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 5 | Listing $42/sqft; zip median PSF unavailable — scored neutral per protocol |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 10 | $85K vs $314K zip median — 73% below, but zip data likely skewed by acreage/rural sales |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 5 | DOM 37, sale-to-list 97.8%, price drops 18% — mild buyer signal, floor applied |
Over two thousand square feet for $85,000 is the number that made me stop. That gets you a 1920 house on more than half an acre in Conway Springs, with four bedrooms, hardwood floors, a large kitchen, and a detached two-car garage out back. At $42 a square foot, you are buying a lot of house for not much money.
The catch is real: this is sold as-is, and the listing has nothing to say about when anything was last touched. No system dates, no renovation history. That absence is information. A 1920 house with a 4.0 condition score and investor language throughout the listing description tells you to budget for surprises before you budget for anything else. The hardwood floors could be beautiful under whatever is on top of them, or they could be a project of their own. You would need to walk through and find out.
What you get for that risk is the kind of scale that would cost two or three times this in most places. Four bedrooms means room for a family, or a guest room, or a home office, or all of the above. The half acre gives you a real yard, the kind with room to put in a garden or just spread out. The two-car garage is separate from the house, which is useful if you want the space for a workshop or storage and not just parking.
The porch is there. The kitchen is described as large. The park and the schools are within walking distance. Those are the bones of a livable place, and Conway Springs is small enough that the block is quiet and the lot feels like space rather than obligation.
If you have the skills to take on a house this age in unknown condition, or the budget to hire people who do, $85,000 for this much square footage on this much land is a real number. It buys you a project with significant upside, and enough room that getting it right would be worth it.
