Historic, Character Home
1923 Cumberland Gable-Front with Porch and Deck — $115,000
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 | 1923 historic, 1,440 sqft, covered porch, rear deck, yard — solid bones |
| Condition | 25% | 5 | "Make the space your own" language suggests cosmetic work; no system dates given |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 5 | Listing $80/sqft vs zip median $59/sqft — 35% above median; thin 7-comp data noted |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 6 | $115K vs $184,920 zip median — 38% below; strong relative value signal |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 7 | 38.1% price drops and 57-day median DOM offset near-market sale-to-list of 97.8% |
The covered porch runs the full width of the front. On a 1923 gable-front like this one, that detail reads immediately — it's the thing that gives the house its face. Most houses built this way in this era had them, and most have lost them to rot or removal or renovation. This one still has it.
The house is 1,440 square feet across two floors, with three bedrooms upstairs, a living room and kitchen on the main level, and a rear deck stepping out to a yard. The layout is what you'd expect from a house this age — rooms with actual walls, a staircase that goes somewhere, a sense of separation between spaces. For $115,000, you're getting a lot of house.
The agent description uses the phrase "make the space your own," which is the industry's polite way of saying the interior needs work. No system dates are provided in the listing, so you'd want to know the age of the roof, the furnace, and the electrical before you commit to anything. Condition here is genuinely unclear, and that matters at this price point more than at a higher one, because there's less cushion.
The market around this house has been rough. Nearly 40 percent of listings in the zip have taken price cuts, and the median days on market runs almost two months. That's a buyer's market by any reading. The list price is $115,000 against a zip median closer to $185,000, which is a wide gap in your favor on size and relative value. The per-square-foot price is above what recent comps suggest, though the comp pool is thin, so that number moves around easily. There's negotiating room here. The market says so plainly.
What you'd be buying is a 100-year-old house with a full front porch, a yard, a deck, and enough square footage for a family to spread out in. It needs attention. How much attention is the question the listing doesn't answer. At $115,000 in Cumberland, though, you have room in the budget to find out.
