Fixer Upper Homes for Sale in Blanding, Utah

Blanding sits at 6,100 feet on Cedar Mesa in San Juan County, about five and a half hours south of Salt Lake City and roughly an hour from the Bears Ears boundary. It's a small town — population around 3,600 — built largely in the 1950s through the 1980s, which is exactly why the fixer-upper inventory here makes sense. You'll find brick ramblers on quarter-acre lots, older split-levels along South Main, and the occasional manufactured home with acreage on the outskirts. Prices run well below the Wasatch Front: many of these projects list in the $150K–$280K range, and you can still find homes under $200K that need cosmetic work rather than full guts. The buyer pool here tends to be locals expanding, retirees from Colorado and New Mexico, and remote workers who want red rock country at a fraction of Moab pricing.

Renovation realities worth knowing: Blanding's high-desert climate means hot dry summers and real winters with snow, so roof condition, insulation, and older single-pane windows are the first things to check. Water rights and well status matter on the rural parcels, and contractor availability is thinner than in St. George — most buyers line up trades from Monticello, Cortez, or bring crews from farther out. The upside is space, dark skies, and proximity to Natural Bridges, Lake Powell, and the Abajo Mountains for hunting and snowmobiling. Browse the active fixer-upper listings below, and reach out if you'd like a walkthrough or a contractor referral on any of them.