Piazza San Gottardo, 8, Cison di Valmarino
Piazza San Gottardo, 8, Cison di Valmarino. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €36,600 asking price is attractive at €202/m², but renovation at about €700/m² brings the estimated all-in cost to roughly €903/m², well above the local €411/m² benchmark. The listing does not state the bathroom count or energy performance, adding uncertainty.
More on the house and the area
The photos show clean, contemporary interiors and a generic modern apartment exterior, but nothing especially distinctive or dreamlike. More importantly, the stated renovation need and zero recorded bathrooms make this a questionable real-home proposition rather than a move-in-ready bargain.
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€36,000 – €64,000
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.
- The listing facts say the townhouse needs renovation and record zero bathrooms, while the gallery appears to show polished modern interiors and possibly unrelated stock imagery.
- No Italian historic character, garden, terrace, or genuinely distinctive view is shown.
- Livability is uncertain until the actual kitchen, bathroom, utilities, and condition of the 181 m² property are verified.
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 82/100The cluster sits in the Valmareno at the foot of the eastern Prealps, with the Belluno Prealps immediately around it and the higher Dolomites farther north. The Piave is the main river of this part of the province, flowing a few kilometres to the west, and Lake Revine lies within the local hill-and-mountain basin. The area is tied to the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape of steep vineyard slopes and small hill settlements, and Cison di Valmarino itself is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia. The nearest sizeable town is Vittorio Veneto, which has full services, rail connections and a substantial historic centre. This part of northern Treviso is known for hillside vineyards, woods and old villages along the route toward the passes into Belluno.