0.55 acres in Putnam County, Tennessee

If you are considering a larger site, start by seeing how these properties connect.

Why two beats one

You control both sides. Buy a single parcel on a built-out street and you inherit whatever your neighbor decides to do next. Own both and the ground on at least one side is yours to decide about.

Nobody outbids you for the lot next door later. That’s the mistake buyers make on streets like this, they take one, then watch someone else take the other, and by the time they want the room, it’s gone, or it’s tripled.

One transaction, not two. One closing, one title fee, one survey trip, one set of closing costs. Buying these separately means paying all of that twice.

Room to place the house where you want it. RS-10 setbacks are 25 feet front, 20 rear, 10 each side. On a single quarter-acre parcel, those numbers box you in. Across two, they don’t.

Space for what usually gets cut. The garage. The shop. A real yard instead of a strip along the fence.

Two parcels, two options. Separate APNs, so you keep the choice, combine them into one larger site, or hold them as two. That decision stays yours after closing.

Why This Adjacent Lot Stands Out

0.55 acres, significantly larger than the typical lot in this part of Cookeville

Established, developed neighborhood with existing homes all around, not raw or speculative land

Power poles already on-site; no long utility extension to fund

Gas and electric infrastructure nearby

Public water and sewer lines run near the property

Paved street access on Clay Avenue

Zoned for single-family residential

More land means more flexibility for the footprint, the layout, and the future value of what you build.

No well. No septic. No utility extension. No clearing crew.

That last one matters more than people expect.

Wooded ground has to be cleared, stumped, hauled and graded before anything else happens. Here that work is already behind you.

Where it sits?

Cookeville Regional Medical Center is the county’s largest employer and it’s around the corner.

West End Park, Cane Creek Park, the SportsPlex, Dogwood Park, Jackson Plaza, Books-A-Million and Kohl’s are all minutes out. Mamma Rosa’s, Panda Garden, Ralph’s Donut Shop and Sonic for food.

Straight talk

Cash only. No seller financing, and that rules some buyers out.

Two parcels means two sets of boundaries. Get them on paper before anything gets drawn — a survey is worth the money here.

RS-10 permits one detached single-family house per parcel. No duplex, no ADU, no mobile home.

Confirm zoning in writing with Cookeville Planning at (931) 520-5238, check tap status with Cookeville Water and Sewer, and verify deed restrictions with the Putnam County Register of Deeds at (931) 526-7101.

Make the calls. They’re free and they settle everything.

Now the price

A single wooded parcel in this area runs about $70,000, and it arrives covered in trees. Clearing, stumps, hauling, grading. Thousands more before the ground is usable.

Together, THESE TWO are for JUST $49,997.

Twice the parcels, for well under what one asks. And the clearing bill is already paid.

APN 054D B 00201 (0.23 acres) and 054D B 00202 (0.32 acres).

$500 earnest money holds both.

The Title Company handles closing. Buyer pays closing costs.