Nine Acres, Second Parcel with Utilities and Footers Already In — $145,000

The second parcel is the thing to pay attention to here. Someone already ran utilities to it and poured footers. That work is done. Whether you want to build a second home, a rental, a workshop, or something else, the groundwork is there. That alone changes the math on this purchase.

The main house is a 1955 slab-on-grade, three bedrooms, one bath, 1,224 square feet. The agent description says it needs significant TLC, which means go in expecting work. This is a project, not a move-in situation. There's a covered front porch and a storage barn on the property, both of which are usable square footage depending on your plans.

The nine acres come as two separate parcels, so you're buying land with some flexibility built in. There's ample road frontage, which matters if the second parcel ever becomes its own thing. Large trees on the property, which takes decades to grow and you can't fake.

Gallipolis is a small city on the Ohio River, and this sits close enough to downtown that you're not deep in the country with a long drive for everything. You get the rural setting without being cut off.

At $145,000 for nine acres with existing infrastructure on the second parcel, a barn, and a house that has a workable floor plan, the price reflects the condition of the home. Someone who can handle renovation work or manage a renovation budget is who this makes sense for. If you're buying it to fix and live in, budget accordingly. If you're buying it for the land and the second parcel's potential, the house is almost a bonus.

The covered porch and the trees are the kind of things that make a piece of land feel settled rather than raw. This one has been here a while. It just needs someone willing to put time into it.