Casa indipendente in Via delle Coste
Nel cuore di Castiglione di Carovilli (IS), graziosa casa indipendente disposta su tre livelli. L'abitazione accoglie al suo interno una cucina, un confortevole salotto, tre camere da letto e due bagni. A servizio della proprietà vi è una cantina e un comodo garage situato nella parte sottostante. Compreso nel prezzo…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €50,000 (€455/m²), the estimated effective cost is about €72,000, or €655/m² after allowing €200/m² for unspecified works—well above the local €329/m² benchmark. The independent three-level home has two bathrooms, cellar, garage and a nearby rustic annex, but the listing does not say whether the main house is habitable or needs renovation.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, functioning three-level village home with a working kitchen, two bathrooms, multiple bedrooms, a fireplace, garage and cellar—not an empty renovation shell. Its stone lower façade, traditional details, mountain-village setting and impressive green valley view give it genuine dream-home appeal, although the interiors and exterior finishes are distinctly old-fashioned.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- Interiors are fully usable but very dated and would benefit from cosmetic updating.
- The separate rustic outbuilding is an attractive bonus but appears to require substantial renovation.
- The steep cobbled village setting may limit convenient car access.
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 68/100The area sits in the Alto Molise Apennines, with wooded ridges and pasture around the upper Sangro basin. The Sangro river rises nearby, and the Trigno basin is also close on this part of the Molise-Abruzzo divide. The landscape within reach is mountain foothill country rather than plain, with beech woods and high meadows common in the surrounding communes. The nearest larger centres are Isernia and Agnone, which provide the main services and historic centres for this part of inland Molise. Roccaraso and the Alto Sangro ski area are the nearest major lifts, roughly an hour away by road, so they do not define the immediate setting. This part of Alto Molise is known for transhumance country, upland pastures, and old hill villages tied to sheep and dairy traditions.