1950 Arco Fixer on 2.51 Acres with a 1,050 Sq Ft Shop — $142,000

The shop is what catches your eye first. 1,050 square feet of it, which is a serious amount of covered workspace for a property at this price. If you need room to work on equipment, store vehicles, run a side business, or just have a place that is yours and separate from the house, that building alone changes the math on this place.

The house is a 1950 build, 1,408 square feet, three bedrooms, one bath. The agent called it a fixer upper in all caps, which tells you something. Go in expecting work. The bones of a 74-year-old house in a dry high desert climate can be solid, but you will want to look carefully at what has been updated and what has been left alone. Budget accordingly.

The lot is 2.51 acres. That is enough land to feel spread out, keep animals, park things, or just have distance between you and the next property. The listing mentions the KOA campground next door, which is worth knowing. Depending on what you want from a piece of land, a neighboring campground is either background noise during summer or a non-issue the rest of the year.

Arco is a small town in the Lost River Valley, high desert country in central Idaho. If you know that part of the state, you know what you are getting into. If you do not, look it up before you drive out. The setting is dramatic and the winters are real.

At $142,000 for a house, a shop, and 2.51 acres, you are paying roughly $101 per square foot of living space with all of that land included. The house will need money. How much depends on what you find when you walk through it. But the combination of the acreage and that shop at this price is the reason to take a serious look.