Historic, Finished Basement
1935 Oxford Corner House, 2,812 Sq Ft, French Doors, Finished Basement — $90,000
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 | 1935 home, 2812 sqft, 4BR/2BA, French doors, enclosed porch, finished basement, corner lot |
| Condition | 25% | 6 | No system dates named; solidly built language, finished basement positive; unknown roof/HVAC |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 9 | Listing $32/sqft vs zip median $59/sqft — 46% below; 2 comps, directional signal only |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 6 | $90K vs $205K zip median — 56% below; only 1 sale last month, thin data caution |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | DOM 135 median vs 21 here; 49.5% price drops; sale-to-list 102.6% — mixed signals |
At $32 per square foot, this is a lot of house for $90,000. The zip median runs $59 per square foot, so you are getting nearly 2,800 square feet of 1935 construction for well under what comparable size typically costs here. That math is hard to ignore.
The house has some things going for it that older homes often do not. French doors open from the living and dining room onto an enclosed porch, which is a genuinely useful feature, not decorative. You get actual separation between inside and outside rather than a glass slider into whatever weather is happening. The porch works as a room, not just a threshold.
The layout spreads across three floors. One bedroom sits on the main floor alongside the kitchen, which has a built-in peninsula with a cooktop. Three more bedrooms are upstairs. The basement adds a family room, a second bathroom, storage, and a multi-purpose room. Two bathrooms total for a four-bedroom house is a tight ratio, but both exist, and one is in the basement where it serves the finished living space down there rather than borrowing from the upstairs.
The corner lot gives the property two street fronts worth of yard and some air around the building, which matters in a house from this era when you start thinking about exterior maintenance and access.
What you do not know going in is the age of the roof and the HVAC. The listing provides no dates on either. In a 1935 home sitting at 135 days on market for comparable properties in this area, those are the questions that will determine whether $90,000 is a deal or a starting point for a bigger number. Walk in with an inspector you trust and get those answers before anything else.
What the price makes possible is a large, older house with real architectural detail and a finished basement in a small Nebraska town, for a figure that leaves room in your budget to address whatever the inspection turns up. That combination is what makes this worth a serious look.
