Top 10 Old Houses Under $50K ~ January 2020 Edition
Here are the Top 10 Old Houses Under $50K ~ January 2020 Edition.
520 N Lowell St, Ironwood, MI 49938 $24,500 ~ Pending
OHU50K NOTES
Despite this c.1924 Upper Peninsula bungalow needing some work, I am not calling it a fixer upper. The interior has been untouched by time, and I hope it stays that way! Call me crazy, but except for the kitchen floor, I would not change a thing. Where have you seen a house at this price point with all these original features? I am amazed. Sink, built-ins, lighting fixtures, fireplace, swinging kitchen door, upgraded mechanicals, low-crime neighborhood, and a player piano ~ WOW!
Ironwood is called the Western Gateway to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and is about 18 miles south of Lake Superior.
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REALTOR COMMENTS
Large 5 bedroom Upper Peninsula home untouched by time located near the ATV/Snowmobile Trail, Iron Belle Trail and close to all the downtown amenities. On the Main level you fill find a nice size living room with a wood burning fireplace, kitchen which needs some updating but has a nice built-in hutch, 3 bedrooms, 2 are walk through so you could make them into one large room or keep them as two and a bath on the main level.
Upstairs has two more bedrooms and a nice big bonus room that would make a nice workshop. This house needs some work but has some great features including some beautiful original woodwork and a 2 car detached garage. It is just waiting for someone to come in and make it their own.
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187 Clay St, Goodwater, AL 35072 $27,500 ~ Sold
OHU50K NOTES
There is something about a stone cottage that draws you in. This c.1935 fixer upper boasts two lots, totaling 1.5 acres, in a very attractive, low-crime neighborhood of older homes. I really love this one. Even the name of the town is endearing.
REALTOR COMMENTS
Quaint fixer upper stone house located in Goodwater comes with 2 lots, approximately 1.5 acres. Built in 1935, the house has 2 BR and 1 BA with a little over 1060 SF. Has wood ceilings, hardwood floors, fireplace, appliances remain in kitchen. House needs some repair; CH&A currently not in working order. For more information call Billy Robertson at 256-618-1798 cell or the office at 256-396-2717.Directions: From Ashland Street in Goodwater take a right onto Clay Street to house, sign up.
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400 North St, Lykens, PA 17048 $49,900 ~ Off Market
OHU50K NOTES
It’s a handyman special that needs a bit of TLC, but low crime, the view of the mountains, wrap-around porch, beautiful woodwork, French doors, built-ins and that amazing floor-to ceiling kitchen cupboard are enticing.
Lykens, a thriving mining town of nearly 3,000 people in 1900, has seen a decline in recent years and now has a population of 1,779. On the bright side, Lykens residents may attend Harrisburg Area Community College for less than $1,700 for a 12-credit semester.
REALTOR COMMENTS
Spacious boro handyman special home on a large corner lot with a fenced yard and off street parking. Wrap around covered porch with railing welcomes you to stay awhile!! Come inside and find spacious rooms gorgeously accented by natural woodwork throughout including french doors, the open stairs, window trim and floors. Add your upgrades, repairs, and finishing touches to make this a place to call Home!!
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Domfront, Orne, Lower Normandy, France $49,061
OHU50K NOTES
How about a riverside fixer upper stone cottage in lower Normandy in France? In my late teens, I had dreams of a house like this. In fact, I took seven years of French and after high school attended a school in England in hopes of becoming a bi-lingual secretary. Now I can barely read French, never mind speak it. I also now have no aspirations to live anywhere other than the US. But it is interesting to browse.
Location: Riverside hamlet
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 1
Receptions: 1
Habitable space: 68m²
Plot size: 574m²
Heating: Electric & Wood
Distance to shops: 2 kms
Distance to ferry port: 105 kms (Caen – 1h 30mins)
Taxe Foncière: 260 € per annum
Google Map
Property Listing
Realtor: French Property
REALTOR COMMENTS
This pretty riverside fixer upper cottage is near a very popular medieval town. The property would benefit from further modernization and finishing. It is situated at the end of a no through road in a small hamlet and would have been part of a mill complex in the past. It would make an ideal holiday home.
The property is in a quiet residential position on the outskirts of the medieval market town of Domfront with shops, schools and all amenities. Also nearby, is Lassay-les-Chateaux (13km), with its picturesque castle and lake and Bagnoles de l’Orne, about 22km away, is a spa resort set around a lake with a casino, many restaurants and shops. The nearest mainline train station is at Flers (30km) with the TGV at Laval (52km) and airport and ferry are at Caen Carpiquet (76km). Rennes airport is also within easy reach (98km).
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130 Old Pike Rd, Freeport, PA 16229 $49,999 ~ Pending
OHU50K NOTES
This c.1907 fixer upper in low-crime Freeport, Pennsylvania, has such a soothing interior and boasts so many interior elements. The staircase, amazing mantels, built-ins, stained glass and arched doorways name a few. I love the front door enframement, too.
I couldn’t find much historical background about it, except I believe that the Laux family lived in it in the 1970s. Their daughter was a Freeport High School Girls Varsity Basketball star.
REALTOR COMMENTS
Fixer upper in need of a cosmetic renovation. Make it your own house or flip it! Tons of potential with this great floor plan. The electric and heat is on so you can see the mechanics are functioning. This house has great bones. It just needs someone that can come in and put the finishing touches on it. This house has potential for home owners or investors. Property being sold as-is.
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4403 Cottage Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63113 $18,200 ~ Sold
OHU50K NOTES
This move-in ready brick shotgun house is located in The Ville Neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The owners of this home appear to be one of the last holdouts to remain in the high crime area. It is such a shame, because The Ville was once a lovely neighborhood of the city’s black middle class. While Cottage Avenue has well-maintained homes like this one, the street is also pockmarked by vacant lots. Crumbling homes and other conditions vary widely from block to block.
If only we could transplant the house. Its exterior boasts a brick facade with curb appeal. The interior’s original front door and lighting fixture, hardwood floors, pocket doors, fireplace, and clawfoot tub leave one with a sense of sadness that they will may likely eventually become dust as so many of the homes on this block have done.
- Build date 1883
- Google Map
- Property Listing
- Realtor: VANESSA WILLIAMS with Vanessa Williams Select Prop
- REALTOR COMMENTS
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This house is move-in ready and rent ready! maintained, partially furnished, one bedroom, one bathroom Bungalow built in 1884! Includes original pocket doors, claw foot bathtub and fireplace! Everything has been updated. Newer furnace, magnetite windows, water heater, and electric panel. All appliances stay! Includes private backyard with carport! Recently passed inspection, everything works!
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400 W Main-Ferris, Carthage, IL 62321 $46,000 ~ Off Market 
OHU50K NOTES
Located in a small village outside of Carthage, Illinois, with little more than a post office and a smattering of houses, this fixer upper farmhouse has many of its original interior elements still intact. The staircase, pocket floors, stained glass and hardwood floors are lovely, although the kitchen is depressing and there are no pics of the bathrooms. Something, though, attracts me to the rusty old barn set against the cornfield.
REALTOR COMMENTS
Fixer upper with vinyl replacement and wooden double hung windows, open staircase, pocket doors, natural woodwork, pantry in kitchen, open front porch 8′ x 26′, enclosed back porch 10′ x 6′, property has a septic system, 200 ampere electrical service. Second parcel #08-35-000-486 (included in lot dimensions & real estate tax figure) includes a 28 x 32 older barn Insulation was plugged into wood siding prior to installation of vinyl siding. Furnace was replaced in 2003-2004 time frame and roof was replaced in 2010.
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2406 Putnam St, Toledo, OH 43620 $8,888 ~ Sold
OHU50K NOTES
If this fixer upper could talk, I bet it would tell us such a sad story of riches to rags. A well-to-do family must have built this home, with its wrap-around porch, sleeping porch and gable cutout. Although the mantel is gone, the tiles are still intact, as well as pocket doors, lovely staircase, hardwood floors and vintage kitchen.
Of course, with a house at this price point, expect major systems repairs/replacements, and don’t expect a good neighborhood. It is not the worst Toledo neighborhood as far as crime goes, but not the best either.
REALTOR COMMENTS
Lucas County LandBank Home!! Fixer Upper ~ Major Systems in Need of Repair/Replacement: Furnace, Water Heater/Plumbing, Electrical, Roof. Bring your tools to bring this home back to life. Located in Toledo’s Olde Towne Neighborhood. Minutes from Downtown Toledo. Renovation Plan has to be presented with purchase and proof of funds for entire project. There is up to $2500 available for utility reconnection.
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6 Church St, Lumber City, GA 31549 $50,000 ~ Pending
OHU50K NOTES
This historic fixer upper home sits on a street of older homes, opposite the pretty white Methodist Church in Lumber City, Georgia. The home has so much character and is an ideal home for an old house lover to restore. It is located in a low-crime neighborhood, boasts many original elements we love, and has a rich history. The home is one of three sister houses in a row, the Italianate Triplets.
All three houses are of the same style and design, most definitely the work of one builder. The Italianate style is not typical in this part of Georgia, so to see three in a row is a rare treat. It was originally thought that these homes were built for three daughters of legendary steamboat and first mayor of Lumber City Captain John L. Day. Later research concluded that Captain Day only sired one daughter. The Day’s residence was behind these houses, however, and he did indeed own them as rental homes at the time of his death in 1906. Matt Cook (1859-1919) is currently credited as the builder. He was a merchant and served as one of six councilmen under Mayor Day.
Captain Day chose Lumber City as the base of his substantial steamboat operations due to its central location. Ironically, both Day’s father and brother, who were also in the steamboating business, drowned in two separate steamboat accidents. Neither could swim.
As well as being a successful businessman and mayor, Captain Day was a prominent lay member of Lumber City Methodist Church (see photo below), donating large sums to further the cause of Christianity.
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REALTOR COMMENTS
Are you looking to own a piece of history? If so, this Victorian fixer upper home may just be what you are looking for. The classic home was built in 1903 and has many of the original features in great condition. The beautiful staircase, wood door with porcelain knobs, claw foot tubs in 2 baths (one is a full tub the other is a three-quarter tub). The upstairs hardwood floor is in great shape just needs to be repainted or stripped down to original. The lower level has had flooring added over the hardwood. The tongue and groove ceilings found throughout the home bring back the true beauty the home once betrayed. The exterior boosts the ornate trim found under the original wood framed windows and the front entrance.
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427 N Moore St, Blue Earth, MN 56013 $42,900 ~ Sold for $36k
OHU50K NOTES
I can’t believe this fixer upper is still for sale. OHU50K featured it way back when it was initially listed in 2018. What do you think is the problem?
REALTOR COMMENTS
Check out this 3-plus bedroom fixer upper home located on a large corner lot! This home will need a little TLC but could be amazing with all of the original character and charm it was built with.
The main floor has hardwood flooring with an open floor plan from the living room to the dining room. High ceilings accent this level along with original stained-glass windows in many of the rooms. There is a bedroom on the main featuring a fireplace as a focal point and main floor laundry off the kitchen. 3/4 bath is located on the main floor as well.
Upstairs you will find an additional 2 bedrooms and a bonus room that could be used as a play room or additional living space. There is a full bath for this level.
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