Character Home, Garage, Acreage
Wallingford 1.5-Story with Hardwood Floors, Metal Roof, and Detached Garage — $150,000
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 7 | 0.72 acres, detached garage, hardwood floors, metal roof, 1,552 sqft 1.5-story |
| Condition | 25% | 6 | Metal roof and mini-split named; no system dates, year built unknown, condition unknown |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 6 | Listing $97/sqft vs zip median $90/sqft — slightly above median; thin 6-comp dataset |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 5 | $150K vs $183,920 median — roughly 18% below; thin 2-sale market, directional only |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 7 | 49.5% price drops and 120-day median DOM signal clear buyer's market advantage |
The metal roof and the mini-split are the two things that tell you someone was thinking about this place practically. A metal roof on a house like this means you probably have decades before you need to think about it again. The mini-split means heating and cooling without ductwork headaches. Neither of those is glamorous, but both are the kind of thing you appreciate a year in, when you are not writing checks for repairs.
The house itself is 1,552 square feet across a 1.5-story layout, which means the upper half-story is likely a bedroom or two with sloped ceilings and probably a bit of headroom to work around. Three bedrooms, one full bath. Hardwood floors run through at least part of it, with vinyl elsewhere. The agent description does not get specific, and no year built was recorded in the listing data, so how old the house is and what shape it is actually in, you would need to see for yourself. That is the honest answer.
The 0.72 acres is real room. A detached garage sits on the lot, which gives you somewhere to put a car, tools, or a project without it living inside the house. For a three-bedroom property at this price point, that combination of land and outbuilding is the part worth paying attention to.
At $150,000, you are slightly above the per-square-foot median for the zip code, though the dataset is thin and that number is directional. Against recent sale prices in the area, the ask is roughly 18 percent below the median, which on its own is meaningful. What makes it more meaningful is the market context: half the listings in this area have taken price cuts, and homes are sitting for four months on average. Buyers have room to move here, and this one has been priced below where comparable sales have landed.
A family that wants a yard, a garage, and a house they can grow into without immediately replacing the roof would find the bones of what they need here. What you spend between now and comfortable depends on what you find when you walk through.
