Fully Renovated Split-Foyer with In-Ground Pool in West Union — $119,900

The pool is the first thing worth your attention. An in-ground pool at this price in a small Iowa town is not common, and it's right there in the backyard. That alone changes how you think about summer at this address.

The house is a 1965 split-foyer, 1,093 square feet, two bedrooms and one bath. Someone put real work into it. The kitchen is new, the bathroom is fully redone, the flooring is updated throughout, paint is fresh, and the fixtures are new. When a renovation goes this far across a whole house, you stop second-guessing what you're walking into and start taking it at face value. This one reads clean.

The layout is split-foyer, so you enter at grade and go either up to the living area and bedrooms or down to the lower level. Downstairs you get the attached one-stall garage, a laundry and utility room, and an additional living space. That lower room is flexible. It works as a third sleeping area, an office, a TV room, or whatever you need it to be. The square footage listed is 1,093 but that lower living space adds functional room beyond what the number suggests.

The neighborhood puts you close to schools and a rec center. The city pool is nearby, though with your own in-ground pool in the backyard, that matters less than it otherwise would.

At $119,900, you are getting a renovated house with an in-ground pool and a garage in West Union. The renovation handles the near-term maintenance question. The pool is a genuine asset that would cost far more to add than what this whole property costs. For someone who wants to buy a house and not immediately deal with a project, this is a straightforward situation.