1920 Effingham Home Gut-Renovated to the Studs — $149,900

The porch is the first thing you notice. On a 1920 house with 962 square feet, someone put a front porch that reads as genuinely oversized, the kind you actually use rather than just step across to get to the door. That alone changes how the house feels from the street.

About five years ago, the whole thing came down to the studs and got rebuilt from there. That matters more than a surface refresh would. New walls, new systems, new layout. The HVAC and roof were both replaced in 2021, so the mechanical side of the house is about as current as you can get on a home this age. There is nothing here that is waiting to go wrong.

Inside, the kitchen and living room share space in an arrangement that works well at this scale. With 962 square feet, you want the main floor to feel open rather than chopped up, and it does. Three bedrooms, two full baths. The appliances stay.

The yard is fenced. That is a practical thing that a lot of small houses skip, and it is good to have here. You can put a dog out or kids out without thinking about it.

At $149,900, you are buying a house that was essentially rebuilt inside a 1920 shell, with a roof and HVAC both under four years old. The square footage is modest, no question about it. But the work has been done, the systems are young, and the porch is a genuine asset. For someone who wants to be in Effingham without spending the next few years managing a renovation, this is a house that is already on the other side of that.

Originally listed for $149,900, this property sold for $438,167 on March 31, 2022.