Casa Indipendente di paese nel Cuore di Banari (SS)
MUTUABILE: Nel centro storico del suggestivo borgo di Banari, famoso per la sua trachite rossa e la qualità della vita, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente disposta su due livelli. Una soluzione ricca di fascino e dal grande potenziale, ideale sia come abitazione principale, sia come casa vacanze o punto…
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 €55,000 for 160 sqm, the ask is €344/sqm; with a habitable-home allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €544/sqm, above the local sub-€100k baseline of €417/sqm. Strong positives are the large size, independent townhouse format, mortgageable status, 40 photos, and historic-center setting, but it is inland (29 km from the sea) and not obviously discounted versus baseline after light works.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house rather than a project: clean, roofed, floored, and apparently ready for occupancy with generous space. The wow comes more from the bargain size-for-price than from beauty, as the facade and interiors are simple, dated, and without notable views or strong historic character.
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€11,000 – €18,000
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 is very plain and dated despite being habitable
- Only one bathroom for a 160 sqm four-bedroom house
- No view, terrace, garden, or standout outdoor space shown
- Likely needs cosmetic modernization to feel special
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 61/100The area sits in the Logudoro hills, with low volcanic and limestone relief rather than high mountains. Monte Santo rises just above the village and is one of the main landscape features in the immediate area. The Tirso river basin is nearby, and Lake Temo is at Monteleone Rocca Doria within roughly this radius. Sassari is the nearest city of size, with full services, rail links and a university. Bosa on the west coast is farther out and matters more as an occasional destination than as part of the immediate setting. This part of north-west Sardinia is known for olive groves, vineyards and small hill villages of the historic Logudoro.