419 W 3rd St, Washburn, WI 54891

Step inside this 1916 two-story in Washburn, listed at $175,000 — a house that can be lived in whole or split in two, with its systems brought forward one at a time over the past decade and its cosmetics left deliberately for the next owner to put their own hand to. A second kitchen upstairs means the property works either way: four or five bedrooms and two baths as a single-family home, or an owner-occupied duplex with a unit above helping carry the cost. On the main floor, a bedroom opens directly into the 2018 bath — ceramic tile surround, new vanity, tucked handsomely beneath the staircase — making a full suite on one level for guests, in-laws, or the years when stairs stop being welcome. The improvement list runs long and it runs recent: the wood-burning stove that carries a Northern Wisconsin winter went in in 2014, the electrical system was updated in 2015, the dryer replaced in 2016, and a new roof went on in 2017. The bathroom was redone in 2018, a new furnace followed in...