Casa indipendente in Vico San Agostino Lungo 21
Accanto alla Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, in pieno centro storico di Penne, proponiamo una edificio allo stato grezzo. Si tratta di una ristrutturazione iniziata ma che i proprietari non hanno più interesse a portare a termine. Il progetto si sviluppa in due piani abitabili ed una cantina seminterrata con soffitto a volte…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Wiring
- Plumbing
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €15,000 (€125/m²), the property needs a near-complete fit-out: no internal walls, windows, or utilities, despite the apparently sound roof. Estimated all-in cost is about €135,000, or €1,125/m², far above the local €387/m² reference; its historic-center location and cellar/well provide some value.
More on the house and the area
The historic vaulted cellar, old masonry, and location beside a striking church give this property genuine character. However, it is an unfinished shell rather than a usable home, with missing windows, interiors, utilities, and extensive cleanup required. At €15,000 it may appeal to a restoration specialist, but it is not a liveable dream home today.
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, €1,000/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€24,000 – €42,000
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.
- Major renovation project with no internal partitions, windows, or installed utilities.
- Interiors are debris-filled, graffitied, and currently uninhabitable.
- Verify structural condition, permits, access, and restoration restrictions due to the historic-center location.
- The roof appears intact, but the listing provides no confirmation of services or completion costs.
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 67/100The cluster is in the hills between the Gran Sasso massif and the Adriatic, with long views across the Tavo valley and the rolling inland landscape of the Vestina area. The Lago di Penne nature reserve lies at Penne on the artificial lake of the same name on the Tavo river. Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park begins not far inland, with the main high-mountain scenery beyond the 15 km radius. Penne is itself the nearest substantial town, with a walled historic centre on a ridge and civic buildings, churches and local services. The area is known for olive groves, vineyards and hill farming, and for the brick-built historic fabric of Penne.