1930 Aliceville Home, 2,148 Sq Ft on .78 Acres — $89,900

Forty-two dollars a square foot. That is where this starts. For a 1930 house with high ceilings and a front porch on nearly an acre of mature trees in Aliceville, Alabama. You can do the math however you want, but that number is hard to ignore.

The house is 2,148 square feet, four bedrooms, two baths. Built in 1930, so it has been around long enough to have some history to it. The agent mentions original character, spacious rooms, and high ceilings, which in a house this age usually means the bones of it were built when people still took that kind of thing seriously. Whether the finishes inside hold up to that or need work, the listing does not say. What it does say is that the rooms are large and the ceilings are tall, which changes how a house feels entirely.

The front porch is there, and on a lot with mature trees it would actually get used. The .78-acre lot gives you room to spread out. You could grow things, let kids run, or just have more distance between you and the next house than most properties at this price point offer.

The listing puts it close to schools, shops, and dining, which is the kind of thing agents say about almost everything. It is in Aliceville, a small city in Pickens County in west Alabama. What the immediate block looks like, what condition the house is actually in, what systems have been updated and which ones have not, none of that is in the listing. If you are seriously looking, those are the questions to bring with you.

What is clear is this: a 94-year-old house with room, character, and a porch for under ninety thousand dollars. If the inspection comes back reasonable, that is a lot of house for the money.