Historic, Garage, Fireplace, Character Home, Finished Basement
1922 Jackson Two-Story with Fireplace, Built-Ins, and Double Garage — $129,000
7
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 8 | 1852 sqft, 4BR, fireplace, built-ins, hardwood floors, double garage, walk-up attic |
| Condition | 25% | 7 | New windows noted; original hardwood intact; systems/roof age unstated — partial confidence |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 5 | Listing $70/sqft vs zip median $45/sqft — listing is 56% above median; thin data noted |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 1 | $129K vs zip median $64,972 — listing is 99% above zip median; market likely skewed low |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 7 | Sale-to-list 93%, price drops 39.6%, DOM 57 days — clear buyer's market signals |
The fireplace is the first thing you notice in the living room. Wood-burning, original to the house, flanked by built-in cabinetry that someone had the sense not to rip out. That combination — fireplace plus built-ins in a 1922 two-story — is the kind of detail that makes a house feel like it was designed rather than just built. The rest of the main floor has a kitchen, dining room, and a half bath.
Upstairs is where the original hardwood floors are, across all four bedrooms and the full bath. The windows throughout are new, which matters more than it sounds — old window replacements are one of those updates that quietly absorb a lot of money and labor before you ever get to anything more interesting. Someone already did it here.
There is also a walk-up attic, which on a house this age could be insulation storage or could be something worth finishing. The listing does not say.
Garage situation is a little unusual. The north side has a double attached garage that comes with the property outright, storage above it included. The south side has a separate garage accessed by a shared driveway, divided by a cement wall. The listing does not clarify the ownership arrangement on that one, so you would want to ask before assuming you have it all.
The yard is fenced with a deck or patio off the back.
The honest concern here is price. At $129,000, this house is sitting well above the zip code median, in a market where nearly 40 percent of listings are taking price drops and homes average 57 days before going under contract. Roof age and mechanical systems are not addressed in the listing. Those are real unknowns on a 100-year-old house and worth getting clarity on before anything else.
What $129,000 gets you, if the systems check out, is a four-bedroom house with a real fireplace, a century of woodwork still intact, four-plus cars worth of garage, and enough space that a family could spread out without feeling on top of each other. That combination, at this size, in this condition, is hard to put together from scratch.
