Porzione di Bifamiliare con garage in posizione centrale
Porzione di Bifamiliare con garage in posizione centrale. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, balcone.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €48,000 (€369/m²), the townhouse looks cheap upfront, but substantial renovation estimated at about €700/m² brings the all-in cost to roughly €139,000 (€1,069/m²), far above comparable local homes around €439/m². Its central position, garage and balcony add appeal, but do not offset the renovation burden.
More on the house and the area
This is a spacious, genuinely characterful townhouse with handsome exposed beams, a substantial fireplace, stonework, terracotta-style floors and traditional wood doors. It is a real roofed home with two bathrooms, heating and usable interiors, but substantial damp-related repairs, replastering and modernization are needed before it feels comfortable and fully livable.
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€26,000 – €46,000
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.
- Significant damp staining, peeling plaster and visible ceiling/wall cracks require investigation and renovation.
- The kitchen appears incomplete or absent in the photographed rooms.
- Bathrooms and heating are present but look dated; working condition is not confirmed.
- No panoramic view is actually visible in the gallery despite the listing tag.
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 57/100The cluster is in the first inland hills between the Romagna plain and the Apennines, in a landscape of ridges, small valleys, fields, woodland patches and dispersed hamlets. The Rubicone valley is part of the local geography. Toward the west and southwest the Apennine relief rises within the wider Forlì-Cesena hinterland, but the immediate setting is hilly agricultural country rather than high mountain terrain. The nearest larger centres for daily services are Cesena and, in the other direction, the Rimini side of the plain. Sogliano al Rubicone is known for formaggio di fossa, the pit-aged cheese tradition associated with these hills.