The $750,000 House Has the Lift
Updated: 2 days ago
Two Denver-area properties came across my desk this month.
One is a 35-acre compound in Adams County with a 140-foot RV building, asking $5,900,000. The other is a bi-level on a quarter acre in southwest Littleton, asking $749,900. We are calling them The Long Barn and The Quarter Acre.
Only one of them has a car lift.
It is not the one you think.
The Quarter Acre: A Six-Stall Shop with a Lift in Southwest Littleton
Located in Meadowbrook Heights, Jefferson County, this property spans 0.29 acres. Built in 1994, it features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and 2,664 square feet of living space. The asking price is $749,900.
Behind the house, a detached shop awaits. It has six stalls and three doors, one of which is a full ten feet tall. Inside, a two-post lift is already bolted to the slab. Overhead, a steel beam runs the length of the building, complete with a hoist trolley. The walls are bare OSB. Nothing is finished, nothing is precious, and that is exactly the point. This is not a showroom; it is a workshop.
Additionally, there is RV parking on the lot and a 12' x 20' shed with electricity, because apparently six stalls were not enough.
The listing states that the buyer should verify vehicle space, so we will call it six stalls and let you bring your own tape measure.
The house itself is a perfectly reasonable nineties bi-level. All three bedrooms are upstairs, featuring vaulted ceilings, new luxury vinyl plank flooring on the main floor, fresh paint, granite counters, and stainless appliances that stay. The lower level has egress windows and two walk-in closets but was never finished into bedrooms. You can call it whatever you need it to be—an office, gym, or a place to put the drum kit.
Here is the part that matters more than any of that: the entire mechanical package was replaced in 2026. The furnace, central air, water heater, and heat pump are all new. If your reservation about a 1994 house is that year one gets spent writing checks to HVAC contractors, that concern has already been addressed.
Taxes were $5,270. Chatfield State Park is just minutes away, and C-470 is quick to access. However, the Walk Score is 27, which is a diplomatic way of saying you will be driving everywhere. I assume that is not a dealbreaker for this audience.
No HOA.
Listed by Frank Duran, RE/MAX Alliance.
The Long Barn: 35 Acres and 140 Feet of RV Garage in Commerce City
Adams County. Thirty-five acres of A-3 agricultural ground with a building on it that is 140 feet long. The asking price is $5,900,000.
That building serves as the RV garage and workshop: 16' x 140', foam-insulated, with four oversized RV doors. It can accommodate six to eight vehicles, depending on your collection. Inside, there are two bathrooms, extensive storage, a movable bar, and rough-in for a future kitchen. Attached to the end is another 16' x 40' equipment bay.
From there, a six-space covered carport connects to the home's own attached three-car garage. You can move between all three buildings without stepping into the elements. In total, there are nine enclosed garage spaces and fifteen parking spaces once you count the carport and the circular drive.
The house is a 2021 single-story custom home, constructed of stone and stucco under a tile roof, with 10,728 finished square feet. It features formal living spaces, an eat-in kitchen with an island and pantry, a main-floor office with built-in cabinetry, and a primary suite on the main level with patio access. The suite includes dual closets, dual vanities, and a soaking tub.
The 4,402-square-foot basement is essentially a second house dedicated to entertaining. It includes multiple living areas, two fireplaces, a full bar, a movie theater, an exercise and flex room pre-plumbed for a kitchenette, a second laundry, and oversized bedrooms with ensuite baths. Additionally, there is a fireproof steel safe room, which likely suggests its own use case for this audience.
There are two more places to accommodate guests. A 1,900-square-foot apartment above the garage includes its own HVAC and kitchenette hookups. A detached guest home of roughly 1,600 square feet features a full kitchen, two bedrooms, laundry, and its own primary suite.
Outside, you will find a covered Trex deck, an expansive patio, a fire pit, a hot tub hookup, and approximately 110 trees. There is also a horse stable with a corral and pasture, along with steel fencing wrapping the home, guest house, and equestrian areas. A 25 GPM well and two septic systems keep everything running smoothly. Taxes were $12,012 last year.
It is, by any measure, spectacular.
Listed by Gwen Snyder, LIV Sotheby's International Realty.
Why No-HOA Property Matters More Than Price for Denver Car Collectors
Neither property has an HOA.
That is it. That is the whole connection, and it is worth more than the eight-times price gap between them.
The reason people in this hobby cannot find a house is almost never the money. It is often the architectural review committee. It could be a covenant that caps outbuilding size, bans anything visible from the street, prohibits commercial activity, or states no trailers, with no exceptions. You can be a genuinely wealthy person in a genuinely nice Denver suburb and still not be permitted to build a shop.
The Long Barn clears that bar through agricultural zoning. Horses are on one side of the fence, and a collection is on the other. The Quarter Acre clears it by sitting in a pocket of Jefferson County where nobody ever bothered to form an HOA.
The honest way to look at this isn’t entry-level versus the ultimate dream garage. The reality is, you already had the freedom at $749,900. The extra $5.15 million provides more scale, more privacy, guest space, and 35 acres to spread out on. Those are real upgrades, and for some, they are absolutely worth it.
And that brings us back to the lift.
One of these properties was designed to store cars beautifully. The other was designed for actually working on them. That represents two very different ways of enjoying cars.
Before making a decision, consider whether you want a place to admire the cars or a place where you can actually get your hands dirty.
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Listing information and property photos courtesy of the listing brokerages via REcolorado. Rally Real Estate Group is not the listing broker for either property.
