Historic, Garage, Fireplace, Character Home
1900 Britton Two-Story with Fireplace, Porch, and Original Woodwork — $60,000
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 8 | 1900 build, 5BR, fireplace, original woodwork, porch, garage, shed — real story |
| Condition | 25% | 4 | AS-IS, no system dates; original 1900 home likely needs significant updating |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 8 | $23/sqft vs $31/sqft zip median — 26% below; thin 1-comp data, directional signal |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 4 | Listing at $60K vs $57,975 median — essentially at median; thin market |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 9 | Strong buyer signal: 82.9% sale-to-list, 40% price drops, 227-day median DOM |
2,578 square feet for $60,000. Five bedrooms. A fireplace, original woodwork, a covered front porch with a swing still on it, a detached two-stall garage, and a shed out back. In 2025, that combination of space and age and detail at that price is the kind of thing that makes you stop and do the math twice.
This is a 125-year-old house on a corner lot in Britton, South Dakota, and it is selling AS-IS with no system update dates disclosed. That is the thing you need to sit with before anything else. A 1900 build with no information on the roof, the electrical, the plumbing, or the furnace is a project, not a purchase you make and move into. The budget you bring to this house should have a renovation line in it, not just a mortgage payment.
What you are getting at $60,000 is the shell of something that was built to last. Original woodwork in a house this old means trim, casings, doors, and details that would cost a significant amount to replicate today, assuming you could find anyone to do it. The fireplace is there. The bones of a real two-story family home are there, with five bedrooms distributed across that footprint. Large windows. A living room. A kitchen that opens to the dining area. A front porch with a swing already on it, which tells you something about how this house was meant to be lived in.
$23 a square foot puts this below the zip code median, which is thin data but directional. The market in Britton is slow, with 227-day median days on market and 40% of listings taking price cuts. That means you have time and you have negotiating room, which matters when you are buying a property that needs work and need to budget carefully for what comes next.
If you are the kind of person who has done this before, who can look at a 1900 house and see the work rather than feel overwhelmed by it, $60,000 gets you into a big, old, potentially beautiful house with a porch and a garage and room for a family. That is a real thing at this price.
