1900 Curtis Home with Original Floors, Fireplace, and Basement Kitchen — $129,000

The basement is the thing here. It has its own kitchen, its own bathroom, and its own entrance to the outside. That setup has obvious uses: extended family, long-term guests, someone who needs a separate space, rental income if the town allows it. The rest of the house supports that well, with two bedrooms and a bathroom on the main floor and a family room downstairs in addition to the second kitchen. Four beds and three baths total across 2,464 square feet.

The house was built in 1900, which at this price and in decent condition is worth paying attention to. The original wood floors are still there. So is the fireplace in the living room. Those things tend to get stripped out or covered over in houses this old, so finding them intact means something. The main floor gets good natural light, which older homes like this sometimes sacrifice for thick walls and small windows.

The kitchen on the main floor comes with all appliances included, same with whatever is down in the basement kitchen. The primary bedroom has a large closet, which is something you would not always expect in a house this age.

Outside there is a covered patio, a garage, and an additional carport. Two covered spots for vehicles plus the garage is more parking than most properties in this category offer. Curtis is a small Nebraska town, and the listing does not say much about the lot size or the neighborhood, so you would want to see it in person to get a feel for the surroundings.

At $129,000 that works out to about $52 per square foot. For a 124-year-old house with original details still in place, a functional basement suite, and multiple outbuildings, that number is low. The basement alone would cost more than that to build out from scratch.