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Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €410/m², the asking price is below comparable stock at €490/m², but allowing about €200/m² for uncertain renovation brings the effective cost to roughly €610/m². The description claims excellent condition while also promoting renovation renders and quotes 296 m² versus 238 m² in the listing facts, so verify the measured area and required works.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, bright country house with a convincing fireplace focal point, generous living space and an apparently comfortable, furnished interior. However, the strongest images are renders, while the real photos look more ordinary and dated; the garden, terrace and exterior setting are not proven visually. It feels like a solid, potentially livable home with scope for updating rather than a breathtaking Italian dream house.
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€16,000 – €27,000
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.
- Many attractive images are explicitly photorealistic renovation renders rather than current-condition photos.
- The actual gallery is dominated by repetitive living-room views; kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, terrace and garden are not clearly shown.
- Energy class G may mean significant efficiency upgrades are needed.
- The home appears usable and furnished, but its true renovation level should be verified on site.
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 71/100The cluster is in the tuff hill country between the Tiber valley and the Calanchi of the Tevere, with ravines and eroded clay badlands around Civitella d’Agliano and Bagnoregio. The Tiber is the main river of the area a short distance to the east. The Monte Rufeno nature reserve lies within roughly this radius on the northern side toward Acquapendente. Orvieto, in Umbria, is the nearest larger town in practical daily use, with rail services and a full set of shops and services; it sits on a volcanic tuff cliff above the Paglia valley. Civita di Bagnoregio, the isolated hill settlement linked by a footbridge, is within this landscape. The area is known for volcanic tuff landforms, ravines and olive-growing mixed with small vineyards and fields.