1900 Melvina Four-Bedroom with Steel Roof and Fenced Yard — $139,900

The covered front porch is the first thing you notice. It runs across the front of the house and looks like the kind of place people actually use. That matters on a street this quiet.

The house was built in 1900 and it reads that way. 1,488 square feet across two floors, four bedrooms, one bath. The main floor has a kitchen with a breakfast bar and newer cabinets, a dining area, a large living room, and two bedrooms. The kitchen and main floor have updated LVP flooring, so the cosmetic work there is already done. The upper level has the other two bedrooms.

For $139,900, you are getting four bedrooms at about $94 a square foot. That is not a lot of house to manage, but four rooms gives you flexibility. Home office, guest room, whatever you need the space to be.

Outside is where this gets a little more interesting. The lot is 0.42 acres, the whole thing is fenced, and there is a rear patio. There is also a carport for storage. The steel roof is on, which means that particular cost is behind you. The yard is big for a village lot and having it fully enclosed makes it actually usable.

Melvina is a small community in Monroe County. The listing notes it sits just south of I-90, which shortens the drive if you are commuting north toward La Crosse or east toward Tomah.

The agent description is light on detail about the upper floor and the overall condition of a 124-year-old house, so there are things you would want to see in person. One bathroom for four bedrooms is a real constraint depending on how you live. But the steel roof, the fenced lot, and the finished main floor mean the major items are handled. What you are buying is an old house that someone has put some work into, on nearly half an acre, in a town where that price point is real.