Hoopeston Ranch with Updated Systems, Hardwood Floors, and a Big Fenced Lot — $129,000

The systems are all done. That is the first thing to understand about this place. Roof, furnace, air conditioning, water heater, and Anderson windows have all been replaced. On a 1975 house, that is a meaningful amount of work already finished, and it shows up in the price. At $89 a square foot, you are not paying extra for it, which is unusual.

The house is a ranch, 1440 square feet, three bedrooms and one full bath with a separate half bath off the primary bedroom. The layout gives you a living room, a separate dining room, and an eat-in kitchen. So there are actually three places to put people around food, which is more than most ranch houses this size manage. The kitchen has a lot of cabinet space.

Hardwood floors run through all three bedrooms. The full bath has a walk-in shower. The basement is unfinished and clean, which means it is usable storage right now and could be something more later if you wanted to take it there.

Outside is where the lot earns its description as oversized. It is fenced with vinyl, and there are two storage sheds back there. If you have tools, a lawn situation, bikes, seasonal gear, whatever it is that tends to pile up without a home, this property has room for it.

Hoopeston is a small city in Vermilion County, about an hour south of Champaign. The house sits on Cedar Street. The neighborhood is residential and quiet from what the listing shows.

Nothing here is going to make your jaw drop. It is a solid, updated ranch on a big lot at a price that reflects what it is. If you want a house where the expensive work is behind you and you can move in without a project list, this one delivers that.