
Character Home, Garage, Historic
The garages are the thing. Two of them, each 960 square feet, sitting behind a 125-year-old two-bedroom house on a double lot in Roseville, Illinois. That is 1,920 square feet of garage space on an $85,000 property. If you have trucks, tools, a boat, a side business, or just a serious need for storage, this setup is hard to find at this price.
The house itself is small and straightforward. Built in 1900, 896 square feet, two bedrooms, one bath. It has been updated where it counts. There is an on-demand water heater, a newer furnace and AC, updated plumbing with new faucets and fixtures, and new flooring in the kitchen. All of that was done in 2026. So the bones are old, but the mechanical systems are fresh. You are moving into a house that has heat, hot water, and working plumbing without having to touch any of it.
At 896 square feet, two people live here comfortably, one person lives here with room to spare, and a growing family would feel the limits quickly. The layout is what it is for a house this size and age. The agent description calls it comfortable living, which is an honest enough assessment without telling you much. What the listing data does not give you is detail on the interior beyond the kitchen floor and the mechanical updates, so there is a limit to what can be said about the inside.
What you do know is that you get two full lots, which means yard space and room to move. And those garages. For a first purchase, a workshop situation, or a place to land without overextending, the numbers make sense. Roseville is a small town in Warren County. The house is modest. The price reflects that. But 1,920 square feet of garage space on a double lot at $85,000 is the kind of detail that makes someone drive out and look.


