Rustico in San Severino Marche
Rustico in San Severino Marche. Needs renovation, cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €59,000 for 300 m², the asking price is only €197/m², but renovation at about €700/m² brings the effective cost to roughly €897/m²—far above comparable Marche stock around €300/m². The description is very brief and gives little detail on the renovation scope, despite 10 photos being available.
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€59,000 – €105,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
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 70/100The cluster is in the upper Potenza valley with cultivated hills and the first ridges of the central Apennines close by. The Monti Sibillini are within about 15 km to the west, and the landscape rises from river plain to wooded slopes and mountain foothills. The Potenza river runs through San Severino Marche. The nearest major protected area is the Monti Sibillini National Park, with its edge in the mountain area west of town. San Severino Marche has a substantial historic centre with a long market square, civic buildings, shops and everyday services. Elcito, a small hill hamlet in the municipality, is known for its stone houses and ridge position. This part of inland Macerata is known for hill towns, mixed farming and the approach to the Sibillini.