Character Home, Garage, Fireplace
1959 Green City Ranch with Hardwood Floors and Fireplace — $137,500
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 7 | 4-bed, 2-bath ranch; hardwood floors, fireplace, attached garage, back deck |
| Condition | 25% | 7 | Recent roof update and fresh paint noted; other systems unknown but no red flags |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 5 | Listing at $89/sqft; zip median unavailable — scored neutral |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 3 | $137,500 is ~10% above zip median of $124,900; one sale only, thin signal |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | DOM 26 days, sale-to-list missing, 33% price drops — mild buyer advantage |
Four bedrooms on one floor is a specific kind of useful. No stairs to negotiate, no split layout to manage, just four rooms spread across a single level with two full baths. For a family that wants everyone close, or for someone who needs a bedroom that doubles as an office without giving anything up, that count at this size does real work.
The hardwood floors are there throughout, and they matter. A 1959 ranch with original hardwood still in place has something a house with newer flooring does not: a foundation you build on rather than replace. The fireplace in the living room is the other detail that earns attention. It makes that room feel like a room, not just a rectangle between the front door and the kitchen.
The roof has been recently updated and the interior has fresh paint. That accounts for the two big-ticket items that tend to surface in inspections and kill deals. Other systems are unknown from what the listing says, so those are worth asking about directly before you close anything.
There is a back deck and an attached garage. The deck is the kind of thing you use more than you expect to. The garage means you are not moving groceries across a parking lot in Missouri January.
The one thing to sit with: the list price at $137,500 runs about ten percent above the zip code median of $124,900, based on thin sales data. One comparable sale is not a market, so that premium may hold or it may not. The 33% price drop rate on area listings suggests buyers have had room to negotiate. That context is worth knowing when you make an offer.
What you get for the price is a solid, single-level four-bedroom with floors and a fireplace that would cost real money to add, two recent updates that reduce your immediate exposure, and a deck and garage that round out the practical picture. At $137,500 it asks you to pay a little over market. Whether that pencils depends on what else is out there, and right now in Green City, the answer to that appears to be: not much.
