Acreage, Garage, Wooded Lot, Character Home
2019 Knotty Pine Cabin on 1.96 Wooded Acres, Fort Plain — $149,900
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 7 | 1.96 acres, wooded, 2019 build, coal stove, garage, covered porch — 1 bed limits appeal |
| Condition | 25% | 8 | Built 2019; metal roof, 200-amp electric, drilled well, septic — essentially move-in ready |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 3 | Listing $178/sqft vs zip median $114/sqft — 56% above median (thin, 7 comps) |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 4 | $149,900 vs zip median $181,947 — 18% below median, favorable but modest |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 5 | DOM 12 days, sale-to-list 102.4% — competitive market, floor applied at 5 |
The land is the story here. Nearly two acres of wooded New York hillside with rock outcroppings scattered through the property, mature trees, and enough open lawn to do something with. It's a genuinely pretty piece of ground, and it's what you're paying for.
The house itself is small and honest about it. Built in 2019, 840 square feet, one bedroom, one bath. Knotty pine throughout, which gives it a cabin feel that either works for you or doesn't. There's an eat-in kitchen with good cabinet space, a living room with a coal stove that heats the place with some personality, and an enclosed mudroom at the entrance that keeps the mess where it belongs. Everything flows on one floor, which is efficient at this size. A covered front porch looks out toward the yard and trees. It's a nice place to sit.
The infrastructure is clean. Metal roof. Drilled well. Private septic. 200-amp electrical service. Built five years ago, so none of it is worn out. Electric baseboard heat backs up the coal stove. A detached one-car garage sits on the property for tools and storage.
The price is the complication. At $178 per square foot, it's running about 56 percent above the zip code median. The land and the 2019 construction age justify some of that premium, but the one-bedroom floor plan makes it hard to grow into and limits who this works for. You can't really add a family here. A couple, a solo buyer, or someone looking for a weekend base, sure, that's a fit. But if your situation changes, resale is going to be a narrower conversation. The market is moving fast, recent sales are closing above asking, so this will go quickly.
What the price buys is two acres of wooded land with rock outcroppings in New York for $149,900, and a tight, clean, freshly built house already sitting on it. If that's the version of this you've been looking for, the search is shorter than you'd expect.
