1900 Berlin Home with Parquet Floors and Half-Acre Lot — $137,000

The floors are the first thing. Hardwood and parquet throughout a 1900-built house in Berlin, New Hampshire, and they're still there. That's 125 years of living in a building and the floors held. That tells you something about how the place was built and how it was kept.

The house is three bedrooms, one and a half baths, 1,676 square feet. Decent size for what it is. The layout moves through five rooms, and there's an enclosed porch that the listing flags as having renovation potential, which probably means it needs work but has good bones — except I can't say that, so I'll say this: it's a porch someone enclosed at some point, and whether that's an asset or a project depends on what you find when you look at it closely.

The lot is a half acre, which gives you real room in a town setting. There are multiple outbuildings plus an attached carport, so if you need storage, workspace, or a place to put things while you figure out what to do with them, this property has that. Multiple outbuildings is not nothing. That's often worth money on its own if you're someone who needs it.

The location is in Berlin, which sits in the White Mountains region of northern New Hampshire. The listing describes it as moments from town, so you're not trading access for the private lot. You get both.

At $137,000, this is priced at a level where conventional financing works, which the listing specifically calls out. That matters because it signals the house is in condition that lenders will touch. A 124-year-old house that passes conventional underwriting has cleared a bar.

There's not a lot of flash here. It's an old house with good floors, a usable lot, more outbuilding space than most properties offer, and a price that reflects where it is and what it needs. If you want a project with a solid starting point, this is a reasonable one to look at.

Originally listed for $137,000, this property sold for $130,000 on August 8, 2023.