1950 Arco One-Bedroom, Gut-Renovated Inside and Out — $139,000

The renovation here was not cosmetic. Everything inside this 912-square-foot house was redone: plumbing, electrical, insulation, flooring, paint, light fixtures. When a project goes that deep on a 1950 house, it either comes together or it looks like a science experiment. This one mostly comes together.

You come in through a mudroom at the front entry, which is a practical place to start. The living and dining area has new vinyl flooring throughout, fresh paint, and an infrared fireplace built into the wall with shelving around it. The shelving gives the room some structure. The fireplace gives it warmth without requiring a chimney. It works.

The kitchen is small and efficient. The setup leans on counter appliances rather than a full range: a two-burner infrared cooktop, a countertop air fryer and oven, a roaster, a microwave. There is a large sink. If you cook seriously and need four burners and an oven, plan around that. If you cook for one or two and want a clean, low-energy setup, this is fine.

The bedroom has built-in shelving along the walls, which handles storage in a room that would otherwise feel tight at this square footage. One bathroom, updated. A laundry and storage room with pantry space.

Outside is where the property gets more interesting. The backyard has a sunroom for lounging, a fully enclosed patio that was set up as a gym, two storage sheds, and a larger separate she shed. For a single-bedroom house, the outbuildings add a lot of usable space. Hobby room, workshop, studio, home office, storage overflow: there is room for more than one of those.

The mechanical systems are all new: convection heaters, wall-vented AC units, a perimeter French drain. In a house this age in Idaho, new systems matter. The work has been done.

Arco is a small high-desert town. At $139,000 for a fully redone house with this much outbuilding space, the math is worth looking at.