Louisiana Archives - Old Houses Under $50K

c.1950 Handyman Special Ranch in Shreveport LA

Posted on December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 by [email protected]

525 College St, Shreveport, LA, 71104. $39,000 OHU50K NOTES Here is a typical 1950s ranch. It’s a handyman special, but not bad for the price. The kitchen is period, but the bathroom has had updates. I would have preferred the original green tile. 3bed 2bath 1,887sqft Build date 1950 Google Map Property Listing Presented by:…

Cheap Old Louisiana Handyman Special Starter Home Under $50K ~ Pending

Posted on June 15, 2020November 17, 2020 by [email protected]

1836 Hill St, Alexandria, LA 71301 $49,900 ~ Pending OHU50K NOTES This size of the starter home is deceiving. It is actually a 3BR/2BATH with 2,200 square feet. The home is located on a pleasant-looking street of some lovely older homes, but the crime rate is high. Contact the agent listed below with questions. For…

Welcome to Old Houses Under $50,000, a blog specifically aimed for all of those special individuals and families who are addicted to old houses. Do bullseye moldings and newel posts get your heart pumping? Do you pine at every neglected, pre-1940s home you see, wishing you could get a peek of the interior? Do you stop at every abandoned house you pass and wish you could fix it up to its old glory? Old homes have a mystery, history and character that newer homes just can’t match. They ignite something in us that physically draws us through their front doors.

I know. I grew up in Idle Hour in Oakdale, New York, the former estate of William Kassam Vanderbilt. A 900-acre tract along the Connetquot River and Great South Bay of Long Island was my playground. Narrow meandering streets with wooden bridges running over man-made canals, a turn-of-the-century conservatory, a clock tower, a carriage house, and brick chicken coups and stables rehabbed into homes called The Artist Colony dotted the lush land surrounding Vanderbilt’s 1899 mansion. The estate had long been broken into half acre plots with an eclectic array of newer homes, but my best friend lived in Vanderbilt’s old billiard and pool hall.

It’s no wonder then, with an early appreciation for wrap-around porches and stained glass windows, that my husband, David, and our seven kids, have always loved, owned and restored old historic homes.

We are not realtors, simply curators of old homes, sometimes serving them up with a slice of history. So dream, browse, window shop. You may just find your “perfect” fixer upper for under $50,000.

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