1930 Johnson City Home Backed by Town Land, Updated Throughout — $149,000

The thing that makes this property work is what sits behind it. The lot backs up to a vacant parcel owned by the town, which means no one builds there. For a house on a dead-end street in Johnson City, that adds up to real quiet. You get a backyard that functions like it has more room than it does.

The house itself is a 1930 two-bedroom, one-bath at 1,240 square feet. It has been updated steadily over the last few years rather than all at once. Flooring on the sunporch and second floor came in 2026. Water heater in 2023. Dishwasher and refrigerator in 2022. The garage patio, overhang, and garage door in 2021. Basement windows also done in 2026, along with a washer and dryer. Someone has been paying attention to this place.

The enclosed porch is a real feature. It extends the usable space past the front of the house and gives you a place that is neither fully inside nor outside, which matters in upstate New York where the shoulder seasons are long. Laundry is on the main floor, which is a practical detail that matters more than people admit until they are hauling laundry up and down stairs somewhere else.

Storage is handled well here. Deep pantry cabinets in the kitchen, attic wings, and over 600 square feet of basement space. For a house this size, that is a generous amount of overflow room.

Outside there is a partially fenced yard with an established garden and a detached garage. The driveway is long enough to park multiple cars without stacking them awkwardly. The street has no through traffic, so it stays calm.

The agent description mentions low taxes and emphasizes how move-in ready this is, which is the standard pitch. What the facts actually show is a house that someone has maintained carefully and updated with real money over several years, on a street with no cut-through traffic, backed by land that stays open. At $149,000, that combination is hard to find in much of anywhere.