Borgo Santa Croce, 88, Appignano
Tribunale: Macerata RGE: 37/2023 PVP: 4630019 Diritti di piena proprietà per 1/1 in APPIGNANO (MC), Via Borgo Santa Croce 86, su APPARTAMENTO, superficie commerciale mq 99,60 (33,20 lordi a piano). Stato di abbandono. Difformità edilizie e catastali da regolarizzare. CATASTO FABBRICATI: foglio 17, particella 125,…
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
The €15,732 asking price is very low, but a 100 m² renovation at about €700/m² brings the estimated total to roughly €85,700, or €857/m²—above the €559/m² local comparison level. The listing provides little detail beyond autonomous heating and five photos, so the true renovation scope remains uncertain.
More on the house and the area
Although the photos show a bright, renovated-looking apartment, the official description presents a very different reality: a neglected three-storey house with precarious slabs, structural lesions, and no usable systems. It is a major reconstruction project rather than a realistically livable cheap Italian home.
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€20,000 – €35,000
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.
- The property is described as abandoned, with no heating, non-compliant electrical wiring, and absent or unclear systems.
- Structural cracks are reported in load-bearing walls, while the floor and roof slabs are in precarious condition.
- Building and cadastral irregularities require regularization.
- The advertised interior photos appear indicative and should not be treated as proof of the actual condition.
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 55/100The area is a belt of cultivated hills between the Chienti and Potenza valleys. The nearest larger town is Macerata, with a university, a historic centre and the Sferisterio arena. Recanati is also nearby and is known for Giacomo Leopardi. This part of the province is known for mixed farming, vineyards and pottery at Appignano.