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2500 S 53rd St · Lincoln, NE

Coming soon · 5 bed · 2½ bath

An old farmhouse without the old-farmhouse issues

Room for family, room for hosting, room for relaxing, and room to build. Not just a charming farmhouse on property documented back to 1868, but massively updated and modern where it counts - foundation, structure, and mechanical systems. Everyone gets their own space with 5 bedrooms and can come together in big shared spaces. And when you need to get a project done, there's 1,056 square feet of garage and shop space.

HERO — professional exterior
3:2 · arriving from photographer

Front elevation, showing the 2009 addition and 2010 porch.

Conforming beds
5
Baths
Square feet
pending measurement
County year
1900 a placeholder →
Foundation
2009
Shop & garage
1,056 sq ft, detached

Why this one is different

The charm is original. Almost nothing else is.

Buying a house this old normally means accepting a stack of unknowns and pricing them in. Knob-and-tube behind the plaster. Galvanized pipe. A crumbling foundation. No insulation anywhere. A roof of indeterminate age.

Every one of those has been dealt with — most of it between 2009 and 2014, the rest through 2026. The wiring is new. The plumbing is new. There are two HVAC systems. The main floor, basement, and attic are well-insulated with many new windows. The foundation is poured concrete with a finished basement inside it.

The usual old-house worries

  • Knob-and-tube wiringfull rewire
  • Galvanized supply linesfull repipe
  • Crumbling foundationpoured concrete, 2009
  • Uninsulated wallsmain floor + attic
  • One furnace, strugglingtwo HVAC systems
  • Aging roofreplaced c. 2017
  • One bathroom2½ baths
  • Dated kitchenrenovated 2025–26
  • Nowhere to work24×34 shop, 240V, wood heat
6 of these are backed by a City of Lincoln permit number. The rest are dated approximately and labelled as such.

Room to work

A shop with 240 volts and a wood stove

Not just a garage — a 24 by 34 shop wired for 240, heated by a permitted wood stove, with two overhead doors. Then a 10 by 24 building that can be A third bay off the alley, so you've got ample space to store or build your next dream project.

1,056
square feet of shop and garage

Across two detached buildings — 240-volt service, wood heat, and 3 bays. This is the part of the property that never shows up on a floor plan, and never shows up in the price of a comparable house.

Garage / shop

24′ × 34′ 816 sq ft

A working shop rather than a parking garage: 240-volt service, two overhead doors, and wood heat. At 34 feet deep there is room for a bench and a project along one wall without giving up either bay.

Access
Driveway
Overhead doors
2
Power
240V subpanel
Heated
Yes Permitted wood stove
Insulated
Partial
Built
Predates 2007 roof reworked 1999 — B9902647

Shed / third bay

10′ × 24′ 240 sq ft

Built as a garden shed, but a full-size overhead door on the alley end makes it a usable single garage — drive straight in off the alley without touching the driveway. Its own 120-volt subpanel, so lights and outlets work without running a cord from the house. Uninsulated: a cold bay, not a second shop.

Access
Alley
Overhead doors
1
Power
120V subpanel
Heated
No
Insulated
No
Built
2013 B1301574

Photographs

Room by room

KITCHEN
2025–26 renovation
LIVING
PORCH
PRIMARY BED
BASEMENT

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Listed with

Paul Malone REALTOR®
Nebraska Realty
17117 Burt Street, Omaha, NE 68118

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