1870 Burke Vermont Village Home with River Frontage — $88,000

The West Branch of the Passumpsic River runs along this property, and you are getting a four bedroom house on it for $88,000.

This is a village home in Burke, Vermont, built in 1870, and it has been sitting here for over 150 years across the road from everything the Northeast Kingdom has going on. Kingdom Trails is under ten minutes away. Burke Mountain ski area is the same. Willoughby Lake and Crystal Lake are both close. The location is not incidental to what you are buying here. It is the whole argument.

The house itself is 1638 square feet across four bedrooms and one bath. The floors are a mix of hardwood, softwood, and carpet. The spring fed water supply comes from the property itself. The river frontage is part of the lot.

The listing is direct about condition. Maintenance has been deferred, updating is needed, and this is being sold as-is. It will not qualify for FHA, VA, or similar loan programs, so you would be coming in with conventional financing or cash. None of that is hidden. What was done is that the property was weatherized through NETO in 2019, which means air sealing and insulation work was completed under a professional program. That is not nothing in a Vermont winter.

What you are actually buying is an 1870 building with a river running alongside it in one of the more sought-after recreation towns in northern Vermont. The bones of the location do not need any work. Burke draws people who want access to serious mountain biking and skiing without paying Stowe prices, and a house with water frontage here at this price is not something that comes up often.

At $88,000, you are paying for the land, the river, the address, and a structure that will take work. What you put into it from here is up to you, but the place to put it in is already decided.