1901 Telford Farmhouse on 1.27 Acres, Minutes from Kingsport — $150,000

A house from 1901 that's still standing and still livable is worth a second look. This one in Telford has been around for 123 years, and at 1,304 square feet across a single level, it's a modest but workable size for three bedrooms and one bath.

The lot is 1.27 acres, which gives you real outdoor space. Not a postage stamp, not a subdivision yard. The yard is fenced, and there's a covered porch, which on a property this age you'd expect and hope for. Whether the porch is in good shape is the kind of thing you'd want to verify in person, but it's there.

Being one level matters for a lot of people and it's worth saying plainly: no stairs, everything accessible. That's a practical thing with a house this age, where additions and configurations can get complicated.

Telford puts you close to Highway 11E and a short drive from Kingsport and the broader Tri-Cities area, so you're not cut off from anything. The town itself is small and the listing doesn't say much about the surrounding area beyond that.

What the agent description spends most of its words on is financing programs, buyback guarantees, and warranty packages tied to a preferred lender. Those are worth reading carefully if you pursue this, because the credits and guarantees listed come with conditions. The house itself gets about two sentences of description, which tells you the selling points the agent leaned on. It also means the listing leaves a lot of questions open about the condition and character of a 123-year-old house.

At $150,000 for a historic single-level home on over an acre in the Tri-Cities region, the price is low enough that there's room for the house to need work. Go in expecting to find out what 2025 looks like inside a house built in 1901, and budget for what that might mean.