Fixer Upper Homes for Sale in Fish Haven, Utah

Fish Haven sits on the Idaho border on the southern shore of Bear Lake, about a two-and-a-half hour drive from Salt Lake City and just minutes from Garden City and the state park beaches. It's a small unincorporated community where a lot of the housing stock dates back to the 1960s, 70s, and 80s — original A-frames, log cabins, and modest lakeside cottages built when Bear Lake was primarily a summer destination for Cache Valley and Wasatch Front families. That history is exactly why fixer uppers turn up here. Many of these homes were built as second residences, used a few weekends a year, and never got the updates a primary home would have seen. Plumbing, roofs, and septic systems often need attention, especially given the elevation (around 6,000 feet) and the hard winters that come with it.

For buyers willing to take on the work, the math can pencil out. Renovated lakefront and lake-view properties in the Bear Lake basin command strong short-term rental income during the summer raspberry-and-turquoise-water season, and a well-executed remodel on a dated cabin is one of the more reliable value plays in this market. Just go in clear-eyed about contractor availability in Rich County, the short building season, and the cost of bringing older septic and well systems up to current standards. Browse the active fixer upper listings below, and reach out if you'd like help walking through any of them in person.