Historic, Garage, Character Home
1907 Cleveland Colonial, Nearly 1,800 Sqft, Documented Systems — $139,999
7
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 8 | 1907 colonial, 1,777 sqft, detached 2-car garage, fenced yard, urban amenity corridor |
| Condition | 25% | 8 | Steel roof 2016, electrical 2026, windows 2025, bath remodel 2021 — strong specificity bonus |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 8 | $79/sqft vs $113 zip median — 30% below; thin 7-comp base, directional signal |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 5 | $139,999 vs $169,950 median — 18% below; balanced neighborhood, not outlier-driven |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | 30.8% price drops is strong buyer signal; DOM 32, sale-to-list 99% — balanced |
The thing that stands out about this house is the paper trail. A 1907 colonial with nearly 1,800 square feet has every reason to carry a list of deferred problems. This one carries something rarer: a list of things actually done. Steel roof in 2016. Windows in 2025. Electrical updated in 2026. Bathroom remodeled in 2021 with a refinished porcelain tub. Hot water tank in 2018. Furnace in 2010. Driveway resurfaced in 2026. Foundation and trim painted in 2025. That is a documented decade of work on a house that is now 118 years old, and for a buyer trying to understand what they are walking into, that specificity matters more than almost anything else in a listing.
The house is a colonial, three bedrooms and one full bath spread across the 1,777 square feet. The fenced yard gives you real outdoor space, and the detached two-car garage is not a carport or a lean-to — it is an actual garage, which adds practical value for storage, a workshop, or just keeping two cars out of a Cleveland winter.
The location puts you within reach of MetroHealth Main Campus, Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital, and West Side Market, which means you are in a part of the west side that has real infrastructure around it, not just residential blocks.
At $79 per square foot, this is running about 30 percent below the zip code median. The neighborhood median sits around $170,000, and this is listed at $140,000. Those are meaningful gaps on a house where the big-ticket systems have been addressed. About 30 percent of listings in this zip have taken price drops, which tells you buyers have leverage here right now.
One bath for three bedrooms is a constraint worth naming. In a house this size, it will be the daily friction point, and any future renovation toward a second bath is not guaranteed to be straightforward in a 1907 structure. That is the honest trade-off.
What the price buys you is space, a working garage, a yard, and a house that someone has been maintaining and updating with enough care to write it all down.
