Renovated, Character Home
Renovated Abbeville 2/1 with FORTIFIED Roof and Fenced Yard — $118,000
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 6 | 2/1 at 1139 sqft, carport, privacy fence, covered porch, manicured lot |
| Condition | 25% | 8 | 2024 FORTIFIED roof, new flooring, kitchen island — strong specificity, move-in ready |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 5 | Listing $104/sqft vs zip median $91/sqft — listing runs 14% above median |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 6 | $118K vs zip median $142K — roughly 17% below median, solid value |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 8 | DOM 127 days, sale-to-list 91.7%, price drops 32% — clear buyer's market |
The 2024 FORTIFIED roof is where to start. That designation matters in Louisiana. It means the roof was built to a specific wind-resistance standard designed to hold through hurricane conditions, and it typically comes with meaningful insurance benefits. Getting that on a house at this price point is a real thing. Combined with new flooring throughout and a renovated kitchen, this 1,139-square-foot house has been worked on recently and shows it.
Inside, the kitchen has a new center island and shiplap accent walls in both the kitchen and living room. The shiplap is a style choice, and whether it lands for you depends on your taste, but the island is practical in a small kitchen and the work looks intentional. Two bedrooms, one bath, 1,139 square feet total. It is a small house. A couple, a single person, someone downsizing, or a first-time buyer will find it workable. A growing family will find it tight.
The covered front porch faces the street, the carport keeps your car out of the rain, and the backyard is fully privacy-fenced with mature trees. The lot reads as maintained and thought-through rather than just mowed.
The price comes in at $104 per square foot, which runs about 14% above the zip code median on a per-square-foot basis. The 2024 renovation work and the FORTIFIED roof go some distance toward explaining that gap. The listing has been sitting for 127 days, and 32% of comparable listings in this market have taken price cuts, which is a buyer's market in plain terms. There is room to negotiate.
Vermilion Parish is watching SpaceX's announced Starbase Louisiana development. Whether that translates to meaningful price appreciation for a house at this level is genuinely unclear, but the regional attention is real. If you were going to buy in Abbeville anyway, the timing is at minimum not bad.
At $118,000 with a new roof and a fresh renovation, this is a small house that has been taken care of, priced below the zip median, in a market where sellers are dealing.
