You’d be hard-pressed to find nearly 2,400-square-foot vintage palace quite like this perfectly-preserved Rock Island, Illinois home anywhere where in America for well under $200,000. But that’s exactly what this pink carpet-adorned deal is, an absolute steal compared to 1970s Miami homes and Hudson Valley yurt houses.
“This is a very unique and well-maintained home located in the town of Rock Island, Illinois,” reads the Zillow listing for 2929 22nd Ave.
“The walls of this home are all concrete,” it continues, listing the benefits of concrete construction as energy efficiency, durability, fire resistance, noise reduction and easy maintenance.
“This home has four large bedrooms and two full baths with a finished basement. The home sits on a corner lot in the heart of Rock Island.”
Each bedroom and bathroom is a true time capsule with loads of vintage ceramic and porcelain tiles, wall-to-wall soft pink carpeting, gorgeous floral wallpaper and soft 1950s furniture touches that would make your grandmother’s heart smile.
The house was built in 1939 and lovingly improved and updated up until the late 1960s when it seemed time just stood still. Our absolute favorite part is the vintage kitchen that looks like Dolly Parton’s mom might just pop out with cornbread at any given moment.
Just look at it. Feast your eyes. And then pack up your vintage cast iron skillets and cast iron tea pots and make a down payment on this little slice of heaven.
A basement den, TV room and bar space rounds out the experience to relive memories and feel like a true time traveler.
If you’re wondering how the math checks out on this home, just know that ownership here is more affordable than renting a four-bedroom home in 92% of American zip codes.
With a 20% down payment on the full $185,000 asking price (that works out to $37,000), your monthly mortgage payment would be approximately $1,300 per month assuming you’re paying 6.14% on a 30-year loan.
And yes, that includes real estate taxes.
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