Renovated, Garage, Finished Basement, Historic
Updated 1949 Saint James Home with Breezeway and Finished Basement — $129,000
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 | 1668 sqft, finished basement, attached garage, breezeway — solid footprint |
| Condition | 25% | 8 | Move-in ready; roof, windows, furnace, AC, carpet, flooring all updated |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 9 | $77/sqft listing vs $116/sqft zip median; 34% below — 8 comps, directional |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 7 | $129K vs $177K zip median; ~27% below median sale price |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | DOM 21 vs median 53; sale-to-list 97.6%; price drops 26% — mild buyer lean |
At $77 a square foot, this house is priced about a third below the zip code median. That number is worth sitting with. The median sale in this area runs around $177,000. This one is asking $129,000 and has had real work done to it.
The updates are the kind that matter. Roof, windows, furnace, central air, carpet, flooring. These are the expensive, invisible things that make a house either a burden or a relief, and here they have been taken care of. You can move in without spending the next two years patching what the previous owners let slide.
The main floor has two bedrooms and a full bath, a living room with newer carpet, and a kitchen with vinyl plank flooring. The breezeway is a genuine extra room, four-season, connecting the house to the attached one-car garage. In a Minnesota winter, that connection matters more than most people account for when they are looking at houses in the summer. It is the kind of thing you appreciate every single day from November through March.
The basement adds a third bedroom with an egress window, which means it functions as a real room, and a remodeled family room. That finished lower level pushes the usable space well past what the main floor alone would give you. A family could spread out here. Someone working from home has a private floor. A teenager gets a room that feels separate from the rest of the house.
The house is steel-sided with thermopane windows, and there is a new deck off the front door. The footprint is 1,668 square feet above grade, plus the finished basement below.
The honest thing to say: the agent description is light on detail, so what you see here is close to everything available. The exterior and the lot are not described in any useful way. You would want to look at photos and walk the block.
What the price makes possible is a move-in-ready house in Minnesota, with a garage, a finished basement, and a full round of mechanical updates, for $48,000 below the local median.
