Casa indipendente in Contrada Cupoli, 17, Farindola,
In un contesto tranquillo a 10 minuti dal comune di Farindola, proponiamo in vendita un'affascinante casa singola, con una splendida vista panoramica a 360°. La proprietà si sviluppa su due livelli ed è circondata da una corte esterna, in parte pavimentata ed in parte da adibire a giardino: un'oasi di pace e natura,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €69,000 for 105 sqm, the ask is €657/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €857/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €368/sqm in Abruzzo villas. Good panoramic features and 21 photos help, but the listing is still priced well above this catalog baseline for a simple rural house with service rooms at ground floor and 25 km from the sea.
More on the house and the area
The real star here is the wide Abruzzo panorama: rolling hills, village views and snowy mountains, enjoyed from the balcony and covered terrace. The house itself is genuinely habitable, with a functional kitchen, bathroom and solid rooms, but it is simple and dated rather than especially beautiful inside. At €69k for a detached home with this outlook, it feels like a very usable dream base rather than a restoration project.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- Interior style is dated and fairly plain rather than characterful.
- Only one bathroom is shown.
- Outdoor areas/garden look basic and would need tidying/landscaping.
- Road runs directly beside the house, so it is not fully isolated despite the rural feel.
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 Abruzzo foothills between the Gran Sasso massif to the west and the Adriatic plain to the east. The Fino valley and the rolling hill country around Penne are the immediate landscape, and Lago di Penne lies within this area. The Riserva Naturale Regionale Lago di Penne is here, around the lake and wetland. The nearest ski lifts are on the Gran Sasso side around Campo Imperatore and Monte Cristo, roughly 1 to 1.5 hours by road, so they are not part of the immediate landscape. Penne itself is the nearest substantial town, with a brick-built historic centre on a hill; Pescara is the main city for larger services on the coast. The area is known for olive groves, vineyards and cereal fields on the Abruzzo hills.