Lavora in A.P.I. - Curriculum studio@apisrl.org
Fabbricato sviluppantesi ai piani terra e primo, con annesso terreno di pertinenza esclusiva, destinato ad abitazione e a servizio dei terreni di proprietà. Ha una superficie lorda complessiva di circa mq 196,00 oltre a circa mq 49,00 di terrazzo e balconi al piano primo. Al piano terra, in aderenza, vi sono locali…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingHabitableThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €54,415 price looks attractive at €222/m² for a habitable 245 m² property, below the €375/m² local benchmark. However, this is explicitly a judicial auction, with substantial agricultural sheds, storage, stables and unclear residential usability, so it is not a straightforward livable-home purchase.
More on the house and the area
A substantial, bright rural house with multiple balconies, attached farm buildings, and exclusive land offers a credible low-cost Italian country-living opportunity. Its exterior is clean and apparently habitable, but the architecture is plain rather than characterful, and the missing interior/bathroom evidence prevents a higher score.
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€16,000 – €27,000
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.
- The listing provides no interior photos, so actual finish, kitchen, bathroom, and day-to-day livability are unverified.
- The property is an auction sale and includes extensive agricultural storage, machinery, poultry/stable structures rather than a polished residential setting.
- Energy class G and the 1967 construction suggest likely upgrades may be needed.
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 53/100The area is a belt of low inland hills between the Biferno and Fortore basins, with cultivated slopes, olive groves and grain fields. The Adriatic coast around Termoli is the nearest clear landscape break, but it is outside the 15 km radius. Larino is the nearest larger historic town, with a cathedral and the Roman amphitheatre area. This part of lower Molise is known for cereals, olive oil and small hill villages.