Casa su due livelli con giardino e garage a San Donato, Casteldelci
L’immobile necessita di una completa ristrutturazione interna e offre la possibilità di ridistribuire gli ambienti, intervenendo sugli spazi non strutturali e personalizzando la disposizione interna in base alle proprie esigenze. Il tetto e la facciata sono stati ristrutturati di recente. Al piano terra si trova il…
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 €50,000 asking price is attractive at €357/m², but complete internal renovation brings the estimated effective cost to about €786/m², well above the local €445/m² benchmark. The recently renovated roof and facade, garage, and large garden add value, but the remote location and substantial work keep this from being a strong deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a highly photogenic stone country house with beautiful masonry, traditional timber ceilings, a private garden, and wooded mountain surroundings. The roof and façade appear sound and recently renovated, but the interior requires a complete refurbishment, so it is a substantial project rather than a move-in 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, €600/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€28,000 – €49,000
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.
- Complete internal renovation is required, including likely kitchen, bathroom, floors, and systems.
- The gallery does not show finished living spaces, so current habitability is unproven.
- The 600 m² garden appears attractive but somewhat overgrown and rural access/utilities should be checked.
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 71/100The cluster is in the Valmarecchia, in the northern Apennines near the border with Tuscany and Marche. The Marecchia river valley is the main landscape feature here, with wooded slopes, pasture and cultivated clearings around small hill settlements. The Sasso Simone e Simoncello Regional Park lies nearby to the south-east, with the limestone table mountains of Sasso Simone and Simoncello within the local area. Monte Fumaiolo, source area of the Tiber, is also nearby in the same Apennine sector. The nearest larger town for services is Novafeltria in the valley, while Sansepolcro and Rimini are the main bigger centres used from this part of the upper valley. The area is known for upland Apennine scenery, borderland hill villages and routes through the upper Marecchia valley.