Acreage, Historic
1924 Six-Bedroom Farmhouse on 2 Acres in Rural West Virginia — $19,900
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 | 6BR, 1971sqft, 2 acres, 1924 build, rural WV with outdoor recreation draw |
| Condition | 25% | 3 | As-is with hold-harmless requirement; signals significant structural or safety concerns |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 9 | $10/sqft vs $24 zip median — 58% below; thin data (2 comps) but directional |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 9 | $19,900 vs $50,000 zip median — 60% below; 1-sale thin market caveat |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 5 | DOM 132 days median, 100% sale-to-list, 0% price drops — neutral/floor applied |
Ten dollars a square foot. That is the number that stops you. The zip median is $24. This house is at $10. At $19,900 for nearly 2,000 square feet and six bedrooms on two acres, you are looking at one of those prices that makes you wonder what is wrong with it before you wonder what is right.
Here is what is wrong with it: the seller requires a hold-harmless agreement before you can even walk through the door. That language means something. It signals the kind of condition where someone has decided the liability of letting a stranger inside is real enough to require paperwork. Structural problems, safety hazards, or both. You will not know until you get there, and you should get there with a contractor, not a dream. This house needs real work.
Built in 1924, it is a two-story with six bedrooms, one bath, and 1,971 square feet sitting on two acres in Camden on Gauley, West Virginia. That is a lot of house for a rural mountain town. The lot gives you room. The bedroom count gives you options. The as-is sale comes with contents still inside, which can go either way.
Six bedrooms in a small rural town points in a few directions. A large family that wants space and land at a price almost nothing else in West Virginia can match. Someone who wants a hunting or weekend property with room for a group. Or, if the bones hold up after inspection, a bed and breakfast situation in a part of the state that draws people for the Gauley River and outdoor recreation. That last one is speculative and depends entirely on what the inspection reveals.
The market here is thin. Two comps for price-per-sqft data. One sale for the median. These are directional numbers, not precise ones. But even discounted heavily for that uncertainty, $19,900 for this much space and land is a price that builds room for a serious renovation and still leaves you well under what comparable properties move for.
The work is real. So is the price.
