Terratetto plurifamiliare in Tagliacozzo
San Donato, casa semindipendente su due livelli. Al primo piano, la cucina abitabile con camino offre un ambiente accogliente e si apre su un balcone che regala una piacevole vista. Al secondo piano, il soggiorno si affianca a un ampio disimpegno, utilizzato come salotto, che conduce alle due camere da letto. Il bagno,…
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €25,000 (€455/m²), this habitable two-bedroom townhouse has a modest effective cost of about €655/m² after allowing €200/m² for updates, above the €429/m² local comparison level. The description and 29 photos support a plausible home with independent gas heating and a balcony, but the remote inland location and energy class G limit the upside.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely usable, furnished two-bedroom townhouse with a warm traditional feel, a stone fireplace, tiled floors, and functioning kitchen and heating. It is charming rather than spectacular: the interiors are modest and dated, and the strongest selling points—balcony, views, and exterior setting—are not visually demonstrated.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€4,000 – €6,000
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.
- Energy class G implies potentially high heating costs.
- Interiors are habitable but dated and heavily furnished, with limited visual wow.
- The advertised balcony view and exterior character are not shown in the gallery.
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 cluster sits in the western Abruzzo Apennines, with the Monte Simbruini and Monte Carseolani massifs around Tagliacozzo and the Marsica uplands nearby. The Imele-Salto river system runs through the area, and the old lake basin of the Fucino lies within daily driving distance but outside the immediate landscape. The area is close to the Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise National Park only in the wider regional sense, not within the immediate 15 km setting. The nearest ski area is Marsia on Monte Midia, roughly half an hour by road, with larger ski stations farther away on the Abruzzo Apennines. Tagliacozzo itself is a small historic town with a medieval and early modern centre, a piazza with arcades, and rail links toward Avezzano and Rome. The area is known for mountain scenery, beech woods, and old transhumance-country settlements on the edge between Abruzzo and Lazio.