Rustico/casale in Via San Antonio 24
REAL propone in vendita a Pettorano sul Gizio un rustico ideale per chi desidera vivere immerso nella tranquillità della natura, in uno dei borghi più suggestivi del territorio. Situato in una zona di grande fascino paesaggistico, l’immobile è attualmente libero al rogito, pronto per essere acquistato e abitato…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €50,000 asking price is already €625/m²; allowing roughly €16,000 for ordinary updating puts the effective cost near €825/m², far above comparable local stock around €311/m². The home is described as immediately habitable and has 23 photos, but its actual condition and construction year are not stated.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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.
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 cluster sits in the central Apennines of Abruzzo, in the valley of the Gizio river. Within roughly 15 km the terrain is mountainous: steep ridges, beech and mixed deciduous woods and narrow tributary valleys. Settlement is a pattern of small hill villages and hamlets connected by secondary mountain roads. Land use in the radius is mainly woodland, pasture and small-scale agriculture. There is no major lake or coastline inside 15 km; larger service towns such as Sulmona (historic centre, shops and rail connections) lie beyond the immediate 15 km radius. Main protected-park areas and the larger Abruzzo ski resorts are outside the immediate 15 km band.