Villa unifamiliare in Urbania
Villa unifamiliare in Urbania. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, cancello elettrico, fibra ottica, porta blindata, videocitofono, balcone, terrazzo, cantina, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingHabitableThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
Must be done first
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €57,600 asking price is attractive at €162/m², but allowing about €200/m² for a 355 m² habitable villa brings the effective cost to roughly €362/m², above the local €259/m² benchmark. The listing does not say how many bathrooms there are, which is important for a six-bedroom home.
More on the house and the area
The villa has some attractive historic character, including stone arches, masonry details and a potentially leafy private setting. However, the gallery presents an abandoned-looking, overgrown house with raw interiors and no visible living facilities, so it is not convincingly move-in ready despite the stated “habitable” condition.
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€23,000 – €40,000
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.
- Photos show a heavily neglected, graffitied and overgrown property despite the listing calling it habitable.
- Interior appears unfinished or stripped, with bare floors and no visible bathroom or kitchen.
- Substantial clearing, cleanup and renovation may be required; verify roof, utilities and actual habitability.
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 upper Metauro valley in the northern Marche hills, with cultivated slopes, wooded ridges and the first Apennine relief close by. The Metauro river runs through Urbania. The northern Marche and Montefeltro uplands are within the surrounding area, and the landscape quickly becomes more rugged inland toward the Apennines. Urbino, the nearest major historic town, is nearby and has a full set of services and a UNESCO-listed Renaissance historic centre. This part of inland Pesaro-Urbino is known for hill country, small historic centres and ceramics in Urbania.