Character Home
1985 Dillon Ranch with Wraparound Porch and Metal Roof — $149,900
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 | Wraparound porch, wood floors, metal roof, 1,656 sqft, shed — solid character for 1985 |
| Condition | 25% | 6 | Metal roof and wood floors suggest care; no system dates named, no as-is language |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 8 | Listing $90/sqft vs zip median $147/sqft (39% below); 1 comp, treat directionally |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 4 | $149,900 vs $160,700 median — 6.7% below, within 10% band |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 8 | DOM 72 days, sale-to-list 93.8%, price drops 34.1% — clear buyer's market |
The wraparound porch is the first thing. On a 1985 house, that is not something the builder threw in by default. Someone wanted it, and it shapes the whole front of the house. You can actually sit outside on this thing, not just step past it.
At $90 a square foot, this is coming in well under the zip code median of $147. That gap is wide enough to matter. You are getting 1,656 square feet of three-bedroom, two-bath house with wood floors and a metal roof for $149,900. In Dillon, the median sits around $160,700, so the price is below that too, though not dramatically. The per-square-foot number is the more interesting figure.
Wood floors and a metal roof together tell you something. They are not cheap choices, and they are not easy to fake. Metal roofs last. Wood floors, when they are real, hold up and look better over time, not worse. Neither of those things has a date attached in the listing, so you would want to verify age on the roof and condition on the floors, but the fact that they are there suggests the house was maintained with some intention.
The floor plan is open, which at 1,656 square feet keeps the living space from feeling cut up into small boxes. There is also an in-house laundry room, ceiling fans throughout, and a storage shed out back. Those are modest details, but they are the kind of thing you notice the absence of when they are gone.
The market here is slow. Homes are sitting 72 days on average, and about a third of listings have dropped their price before selling. That is leverage. A buyer who knows what they want and can move deliberately has room to negotiate, and a house that has been sitting has a seller who knows it.
A family that wants square footage, a real porch, and room to put their own stamp on a house can do that here.
