Terratetto unifamiliare in Lugnano in Teverina
️ Dimora Storica di Prestigio a Lugnano in Teverina Nel cuore del **suggestivo centro storico di Lugnano in Teverina**, uno dei borghi più belli d'Italia, proponiamo in vendita un’esclusiva **porzione di palazzo d'epoca** di grande fascino e dall'ampia metratura (200 mq totali). Un’opportunità rara, perfetta per chi…
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
Listed at €75,000 for 200 sqm (€375/sqm), below the local baseline of €495/sqm, but the text says it needs interior improvement works; using ~€350/sqm renovation brings the effective cost to about €725/sqm, so it is no longer a deep-discount steal. Strong points are the historic-center location in one of Italy’s prettiest villages, large size, and detailed listing with 42 photos.
More on the house and the area
This has real old-Italian-house appeal: big beam ceilings, terracotta floors, a fireplace, grand stair, and open village-to-hills views from the windows. It is clearly a proper roofed, floored, habitable home rather than a shell, but much of it feels tired and in need of interior modernization. The wow comes from the historic volume and character, with enough substance to live in while improving it.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
Our read of the photos, €350/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€23,000 – €39,000
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 are habitable but dated and need upgrading.
- Attic spaces are unfinished potential rather than ready living area.
- Basement/cantina is atmospheric but rough and not immediately usable as living space.
- Only one bathroom is shown/listed for a large 200 sqm home.
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 63/100The area sits in the lower Tiber valley, with wooded volcanic hills and cultivated slopes around the village. The Tevere river runs nearby. Orvieto is the nearest major historic town in the wider area, and Amelia is the nearer small centre with services and a fortified historic core. This part of southern Umbria is known for olive groves, vineyards and stone hill villages.