This house could be fixed up to be very cute. The yard has plenty of room to add on. But 130 thousand is way to much. It will take at least that much to get it livable. It really is a one bedroom.
There is definitely a lot of work to be done on this house. The house went pending after just nine days on the market. Will be interesting to see what the final sale price is when it closes at the end of July. It’s crazy that it’s almost impossible to find a stick built home in our area for under 200K these days. Unless it’s a manufactured home in a trailer park.🤔
@@roncastro7168 I am very curious to find out how much it actually sold for. I bought my house 7 years ago for 179 thousand. 1600 sq. feet, three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a finished walk out basement. It needed a lot of work too, but nothing like this little house. I am in Michigan.
Yes! When I first pulled up and saw it peeking from behind the big pine I felt like I was in an enchanted forest! Can’t wait to see what the new owners do with it.🤩
I remember when my cousins moved to Twin Falls back in the mid ‘70’s. It was a really small community but they had a big house. I wonder how much family I have there anymore
Well it is very cute. If you totally gutted it and put $200k-$300k into it you would have a super cute tiny house worth about $50k I bet brand new in 1940 it sold for $850.00. 😊
Thanks! It really is a great little house. The new owners have been busy making improvements - can't wait to see it. You're so right, it's crazy to think how much prices in real estate have increased over the years, especially in recent years in our neck of the woods. Hoping the market will become more affordable for first-time buyers. Have a great fourth!
Thanks for the feedback! At time of listing it was definitely one of the lower priced "move-in ready" homes in the Twin Falls market. Thanks for pointing out that it would be much higher priced in Portland. Real estate values really do vary depending on the local market, supply and demand, etc. 🙂
These people in Idaho must be delusional if they think that house is worth 300 thousand dollars. Its so out dated has no curb appeal. I wouldn't pay more than 100 thousand for it.
Listing prices vary by state/region/city/town/etc. A lot has to do with supply and demand, which differs from place to place. The listing price on this one was higher than usual because the seller was offering to finance it himself at 7% with just 20K down.
This price for something like this is unbelievable. I wouldn't be surprised if this needed gutted. From scratch new electrical and plumbing. You hope the foundation is ok long term. feels like in this case you are buying the property rather than a usable structure of any sort.
I’d turn the 2 lower beds into a master suite and powder room for guests, and upstairs would get 2 beds with Jack and Jill bath in between. If you take out all those strange closets upstairs, you may even have room for 3rd bed or office. Furnace has to go. Mama needs her craft room with the laundry room.
This is a Tudor revival style home going by the detailing on the outside of the home on the upper area. I wouldn't tear out that big beautiful pine tree it makes this property more pleasing and worth more. I can imagine the top floor (formerly the attic) turned into a total master suite. The home needs everything thing done and I would like to see a truly gifted team like the team from THIS Old House be the one's working one this home making it a true gem.
Thanks for the feedback! Yes, the pine tree definitely adds privacy from the street as well as giving the home a cozy "Hansel & Gretel" look. The new owners have been working on restoring the home. Can't wait to see the finished product! :)
Thanks for the feedback. Fixer-uppers can certainly be daunting. This particular one was listed for 159K and was purchased for 175K. The new owners fixed up the main level only and resold the property for 290K.
Many homes you show are such dumps, and the money they are asking for is like......no. The word "potential" is freely thrown around, but the amount of money needed to fix up some of these places is not worth it.
Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, prices are what they are in today's market. This particular house was listed for 159K and sold for 175K. They fixed it up and resold it for 290K. And that was only remodeling the main level. Here's a link to what it looked like after the remodel: www.zillow.com/homedetails/559-Monroe-St-Twin-Falls-ID-83301/111278536_zpid/
At 2:15 it's mentioned that this is Victorian style. This is a Storybook Cottage of the 1920s. The Victorian style was outmoded by the time these beautiful little cottages emerged onto the architectural landscape. It is a diamond in the rough.
It’s not small it’s “cozy” as realtors would say…. It’s a starter home at best, but Definitely for someone who isn’t in the home all the time when it was built, not like today where we’re all inside all the time. It’s has charm but definitely needs work.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree that people spent more time outdoors in past years and indoors was more a place to sleep and eat. Might be good for a single person or small family. :)
Personally, I'd love to see the wood floors restored, but that can be spendy. Carpet or other types of flooring might be more affordable for some. Looking forward to seeing what the new owners decide! :)
Basically paying for the land. It may be cheaper to tear down and construct new to comply with Biden administration’s Green New Deal residential energy efficiency mandates. Then again it would be fun to strip it down to the bones and replace electrical, plumbing, sewer, roof, siding, insulation, HVAC. Check planning department to see if it could be used as a guest house and build a new home. only feasible if most of the work could done DYI.
Are you serious, this is a teardown house not a "fixer-upper"? This house is done for, beyond repairing, absolutely not worth a penny, let alone $130,000!! And you trying to talk it up and sounding like a smarmy real estate salesman. That back porch was completely rotted the windowsills were a mess. Please tell me that you are actually joking, and that this is a fake video.
Thanks for the feedback. Sorry you felt I wasn't being honest. It can be hard to strike a balance between pointing out the negatives and positives about a property. Ultimately, it's the buy who will decide what it's worth. :)
I was hoping it was, but I don't think it is. This is just a smarmy real estate person, trying his smarmiest way to make us think this house has any potential.
@@klb2513 a roof and some paint would do wonders, you could get out of control and make it like HGTV and add granite countertops and a deluxe kitchen but if you’re handy enough all of this is manageable and some stuff doesn’t have to be completed day one
@@reasonablerandys I lived in a house built in 1895. People often romanticize older homes. The truth is this will need new windows, electrical, roof, plumbing, doors, insulation, floors, plumbing fixtures, a functioning kitchen and siding. The costs of the rehab are more than the cost of the home, even if you're doing the work yourself. No driveway, no garage. Big lot though. That's a little steep for a teardown in that neighborhood IMO
@@klb2513 my house is 1915 and we restored our old windows, as they were 100 years old, our previous house got 5 years out of new vinyl windows. You don’t have to do it all at once, we took our time with our house and you know that bathroom could be cleaned up and functional without replacing it until you had a little more money and then complete it. Same with the kitchen, some elbow grease and cleaning and a paint job it’s functional so I get you want everything brand new and shiny but that’s the problem today no one wants to wait and as your budget allows you can do the cosmetic stuff. I’m sure you could get windows from a local habitat store and replace a few that were missing as well as some doors. But then again it would take some time and effort 🤷♂️
This is what boomers don’t understand. 130K for a STARTER HOME, which most folks now have to have as their home for life bc at 130K just for that, imagine what you’d have to pay for anything bigger… Jesus.
130k for that! Blahahahaha 2x median income of the area for a poverty home. Imagine if our grandparents generation to live in a poverty house you had to spend 2x your annual income on the house. Most of the population would be homeless or only ever be able to afford apartments… ohh wait that’s what happening now
Charming looking from the outside, but the inside is a total mess. Needs new roof, a better laundry situation, probably new electric to some degree, new plumbing, new inside ceiling, floor refinishing, TOTAL gut and re-do of kitchen AND bathroom.......price of house not mentioned but I sure hope it was CHEAP because it's a total money pit and unlivable as is.
It definitely needs repairs, but walking through it you sense you're in a well built home. Can't wait to see what the new owners do with it! Thanks for the feedback! :)
It needs tons of work. So, the asking price would have to be very low for it to be worthwhile. However, it has a lot of vintage charm and potential. This would be an ideal project for someone with creativity, imagination and vision. You’d also have to have a significant amount of time and money.
