Casa indipendente in Contrada Crocegrossa 7
A Palmoli, immersa nella tranquillità della natura proponiamo in vendita un'ampia casa indipendente distribuita su due livelli ben organizzati. La zona giorno al piano terra accoglie ambienti funzionali, caratterizzati da una cucina abitabile dotata di camino tradizionale e forno a legna originale, affiancata da un…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €46,000 asking price is €254/m², about 34% below the local €386/m² reference; allowing roughly €200/m² for unspecified works puts the effective cost near €454/m². The 181 m² home includes a garage, 470 m² garden, energy class C and a recently renovated bathroom, but its overall condition is not explicitly stated.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial, genuinely usable country house with four bedrooms, a working-looking kitchen, traditional fireplace and wood-burning oven, garage, and a generous private garden. The rural Abruzzo setting, open countryside views, balcony, and extremely low €46,000 price create real appeal, although the home is dated rather than turnkey and lacks polished dream-home presentation.
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€12,000 – €20,000
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.
- Interiors and finishes are dated and would benefit from cosmetic modernization.
- Only one bathroom is shown/listed for a large six-bedroom house.
- The exterior shows weathering and the roof, utilities, and heating system should be inspected.
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 56/100The cluster is in the Trigno valley hill country near the Molise border, with the first ridges of the Apennines inland and the Adriatic coast outside the 15 km radius. The Trigno river is the main named landscape feature here. Within this radius the setting is mostly cultivated hills, small woods and scattered villages. San Salvo and Vasto are the nearest larger centres in daily use outside the immediate hills, with shops, services and rail links on the coast. This part of southern Abruzzo is known for olive groves, mixed farming and hill villages above the river valleys.