
The tax appraisal on this property is $258,000. It's listed at $100,000. That gap alone should stop you cold.
Built in 1900, this five-bedroom house on East Unaka Avenue has 2,530 square feet spread across two floors and a basement — a main level with living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, laundry, and two bedrooms, then three more bedrooms upstairs with a full bath. The bones are old and the work is real, but the scale is undeniable. You're not squeezing into a fixer-upper cottage. You're walking into a century-old house with room to actually breathe.
Out back there's a detached garage and workshop with a second-floor apartment. The structure needs serious attention — the listing doesn't sugarcoat that — but it sits on a concrete slab with electrical and plumbing already in place. Under Johnson City's RO-1 zoning, that footprint could become an ADU, a guest house, a studio, or a home office setup. That's not speculation — it's what the zoning allows.
The location earns its own mention: walkable to downtown Johnson City, minutes from ETSU, Milligan University, Johnson City Medical Center, and I-26. This is a city people are actively choosing to move to, and property here at this price point is becoming harder to find.
This is a project. It's also 2,530 square feet for $100,000 in a market where the assessor says it's worth more than twice that.
Originally listed for $100,000, this property sold for $120,000 on August 11, 2026 after 18 days on the market.