In England, £15,000 will just about buy you a Ford Fiesta hatchback, but in Buffalo, Kansas, you could get a detached Edwardian house on a plot of 0.44 acres.

Featured on the blog Old Houses Under $50k, 309 North Church Street comprises of a 3-bedroom, 1-bathroom house extending to 2,197 square foot and it comes with a small barn also. It is a “fixer-upper” but it appears surprisingly not in the very worst of states.

Built in 1910, the house comes in at a price of just £6.89 per square foot – which seems a true bargain compared to the £4,909 per square foot Chelsea Barracks, London one bedroom we featured in June – and is described as “very cute” and the “perfect [place] for raising your own chickens.”

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A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – £15,140 ($20,000, €16,800 or درهم73,500) for 309 North Church Street, Buffalo, Wilson County, Kansas, KS 66717, United States of America through Diane Hess of Midwest Real Estate, Inc. – Charming detached Edwardian house in Buffalo, Kansas – the birthplace of the first man to beat Mach 3 – for sale for just £15,000; it comes with 0.5 acres of land, a barn and is reasonable condition.
Milburn G. ‘Mel’ Apt (9th April 1924 – 27th September 1956) was born in Buffalo, Kansas and graduated from Buffalo High School in 1942. He was killed after separating from the Bell X-2 in his escape capsule during the record-setting flight that exceeded Mach 3.

Buffalo, Wilson County itself was founded in 1867 if you believe Wikipedia. It was “named after the American bison, commonly known as the buffalo.” It grew to be incorporated as a city in 1898 due to the Missouri Pacific Railroad passing through it, but as of 2010 had a population of just 232 people. Mel Apt (1924 – 1956), the first man to attain speeds faster than Mach 3, was born there.

309 North Church Street is offered by Diane Hess of Midwest Real Estate, Inc.

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The Numbers – 309 North Church Street, Buffalo, Wilson County, Kansas, KS 66717, United States of America

  • August 2020 – For sale for £15,140 ($20,000, €16,800 or درهم73,500) through Midwest Real Estate, Inc.
  • 2019 – Tax assessment of £1,840 ($2,431, €2,037 or درهم3,348).

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A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – £15,140 ($20,000, €16,800 or درهم73,500) for 309 North Church Street, Buffalo, Wilson County, Kansas, KS 66717, United States of America through Diane Hess of Midwest Real Estate, Inc. – Charming detached Edwardian house in Buffalo, Kansas – the birthplace of the first man to beat Mach 3 – for sale for just £15,000; it comes with 0.5 acres of land, a barn and is reasonable condition.
A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – An internal shot of 309 North Church Street, Buffalo indicates that it might be in basic condition, but it is far from a wreck.
A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – £15,140 ($20,000, €16,800 or درهم73,500) for 309 North Church Street, Buffalo, Wilson County, Kansas, KS 66717, United States of America through Diane Hess of Midwest Real Estate, Inc. – Charming detached Edwardian house in Buffalo, Kansas – the birthplace of the first man to beat Mach 3 – for sale for just £15,000; it comes with 0.5 acres of land, a barn and is reasonable condition.
A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – Further empty rooms in the property include character features such as sash windows and wooden floors.
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A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – £15,140 ($20,000, €16,800 or درهم73,500) for 309 North Church Street, Buffalo, Wilson County, Kansas, KS 66717, United States of America through Diane Hess of Midwest Real Estate, Inc. – Charming detached Edwardian house in Buffalo, Kansas – the birthplace of the first man to beat Mach 3 – for sale for just £15,000; it comes with 0.5 acres of land, a barn and is reasonable condition.
A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – The house a kitchen where you can currently cook on a stove or barbecue and sit on a plastic chair or a fold-up one.
A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – £15,140 ($20,000, €16,800 or درهم73,500) for 309 North Church Street, Buffalo, Wilson County, Kansas, KS 66717, United States of America through Diane Hess of Midwest Real Estate, Inc. – Charming detached Edwardian house in Buffalo, Kansas – the birthplace of the first man to beat Mach 3 – for sale for just £15,000; it comes with 0.5 acres of land, a barn and is reasonable condition.
A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – The kitchen cabinets definitely need replacing.
A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – £15,140 ($20,000, €16,800 or درهم73,500) for 309 North Church Street, Buffalo, Wilson County, Kansas, KS 66717, United States of America through Diane Hess of Midwest Real Estate, Inc. – Charming detached Edwardian house in Buffalo, Kansas – the birthplace of the first man to beat Mach 3 – for sale for just £15,000; it comes with 0.5 acres of land, a barn and is reasonable condition.
A Mach 3 Fixer Upper – A Google Maps image of the house and barn shows that they were both previously painted red. The plot is open and flat.