Casa bifamiliare in Località Caprara
Immersa nella tranquillità e nella bellezza paesaggistica della campagna umbra, proponiamo in vendita una splendida porzione di bifamiliare situata a Caprara, graziosa frazione del comune di Gualdo Tadino. Posizionata a circa 450 metri di altitudine lungo la fascia appenninica, Caprara gode di una collocazione…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €387/m², the asking price is 23% below the €500/m² local benchmark, but the listing does not say whether the 168 m² townhouse is habitable or needs renovation. Assuming substantial work, the effective cost is about €1,087/m², making this only a fair prospect until condition and systems are verified.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€33,000 – €59,000
Wiring, water and sanitary work of any kind, heating, air conditioning and gas go to a registered firm by law, and so do flues and the air openings for gas appliances. That labour stays in the bill. Yours is the stripping out, plaster, paint, floors, tiling and carpentry.
Labour is 61% of a renovation price on average and 67% at the median, across 191 items of the Emilia-Romagna 2025 public price list. Materials are the rest. An averaged price list, not a quote.
Materials you buy yourself carry 22% VAT; supplied by the firm doing the work they go at the 10% renovation rate. On a €30,000 materials bill that is €3,600 of extra tax.
Household wiring installed before 13 March 1990 counts as compliant if it has a main breaker with overcurrent protection, protection against direct contact and a 30 mA RCD. Having a firm bring the existing wiring up to that and certify it is the cheapest lawful route.
Estimate from the listing and its photos, not a survey. Treat it as the starting point for your own quotes. An Italian builder's quote is normally written without VAT and without design fees, so add about a quarter to any figure a firm gives you.
The area around
Location score 72/100The town sits on the Umbrian side of the Apennines, with Monte Cucco and the Monte Cucco Regional Park within this radius to the north-east and the ridge of the mountain visible from the area. The Chiascio valley runs through this part of Umbria. The nearest ski area is Monte Cucco, with small lifts around Sigillo at roughly 20–30 minutes by road. Gubbio is the nearest substantial historic town, with a large medieval centre, at about half an hour; Foligno and Assisi are farther and matter more for services and rail than for the immediate landscape. This area is known for woodland, limestone ridges, springs and ceramics from Gualdo Tadino.