Historic, Craftsman, Acreage, Character Home
1920 Clio Home, Front Porch, 0.72 Acres, Sold As-Is — $140,000
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 8 | 1920 home, 0.72 acres, 1,918 sqft, front porch, formal dining, tall ceilings — strong floor qualifiers |
| Condition | 25% | 5 | As-is with 1 unfinished bedroom; "TLC" language, no system dates provided |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 5 | Listing $73/sqft; zip median PSF unavailable — neutral score applied |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 8 | $140K vs $214,700 median — approx 35% below; thin market (2 sales) |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | DOM 40 days median, 50% price drops signal buyer flexibility, sale-to-list 100% |
At $140,000, this is priced about 35% below the zip code's median sale price. That gap is what makes it worth looking at. A 1920 house on nearly three-quarters of an acre in a small South Carolina town, 1,918 square feet, three bedrooms, two baths, a formal dining room, and a front porch wide enough to matter. The price reflects the condition, and the condition requires honesty going in.
The house is being sold as-is. One of the three bedrooms is unfinished. There are no system dates provided, which means you have no idea when the roof, the HVAC, the water heater, or the electrical were last addressed. That is the real risk here. The purchase price is low, but what comes after it is unknown, and you would need inspections and honest contractor estimates before committing. Budget for surprises.
What you are buying underneath the uncertainty is a house with actual bones from 1920. Tall ceilings, which in a house this old tend to be genuinely tall rather than the eight-foot variety. Classic craftsmanship, though that phrase covers a lot of ground and you would need to see the trim work, the floors, and the doors yourself to know what survived. The formal dining room is a room that actually exists as a separate space, which you cannot take for granted in houses built in the last thirty years. The kitchen is described as generously sized with a lot of cabinetry.
Outside, 0.72 acres gives you a real yard, front and back. That is enough land to garden seriously, to let kids run around, to plant trees that will mean something in ten years. The front porch is the kind of detail that changes how you live in a house day to day. It faces North Main Street, so it is a porch people actually use.
This is a project. The price makes the project possible for someone who would otherwise be priced out of a house this old and this large. If you have the capacity to take it on, the math is interesting.
