1900 Kirkwood Double Corner Lot, 2,722 Sqft, Covered Porch — $119,900

The math here is the first thing that gets your attention. 2,722 square feet for $119,900 works out to about $44 a square foot. That is a lot of house for that number, and it is worth sitting with for a second before anything else.

The house itself goes back to 1900, so you are walking into something with age on it. The agent description mentions rooms with character, which in a house this old usually means things like original woodwork, high ceilings, maybe old doors and hardware. The listing photos are not yet posted, so you are working with limited information there, but a 124-year-old house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms across nearly 2,700 square feet tends to have proportions you do not see in newer construction. Rooms that feel like rooms. Hallways with some width to them.

The front porch is covered and faces a double corner lot, so you get more yard and more sky than a typical in-town lot. Corner lots open things up. You can see down two streets from the porch, and there is space on multiple sides of the house rather than neighbors right up against you.

Out back there is a detached two-car garage. The driveway is large enough that the listing specifically calls out room for a camper or a boat, which gives you a sense of the scale. If you have things to park or store, this property has room for them.

Kirkwood is a small town in western Illinois. The listing is light on specifics, and more photos and details are coming once showings open in September. At this price and this size, the property warrants a look when that information lands. A house this old will have things that need attention. Whether those things are cosmetic or structural is exactly what you would want to know before going further, and right now the listing does not tell you.

What it does tell you is that you get a lot of square footage, a corner lot, a porch, and a two-car garage for well under $125,000.