Terratetto unifamiliare in Città Sant'Angelo
Nel borgo tranquilissimo di Villa Cipressi proponiamo in vendita questa villetta singola antica non abitabile di mq 70 circa su due livelli. La casa è per ristrutturare e vale la pena. Ha parete e pavimenti dei mattoni originale e è composta da due sale ampie al piano terra e due al primo piano servite per un scalino…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €60,000 for 70 sqm, the ask is €857/sqm; with a heavy renovation estimate of about €850/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €1,707/sqm versus a very low baseline of €418/sqm for sub-€100k stock in Abruzzo townhouses. The new roof in 2023 is a strong positive and reduces risk, but the home is explicitly non-habitable and needs full renovation, so this looks more like a fair project than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
This has real dreamer appeal: an attractive old brick facade, original fireplace and brick floors, and a lovely green valley/olive-grove view from the back. The main house is roofed and structurally advanced thanks to the new roof, but it is still a serious renovation rather than a usable home today. The extra ruined outbuilding and courtyard add romance and potential, yet livability is not there yet.
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.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €850/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€14,000 – €25,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Not habitable now and needs full renovation.
- No bathroom or kitchen is shown.
- Some interiors show cracked plaster, unfinished partitions, and rough walls.
- Rear outbuilding is partly ruined and would need rebuilding/permissions.
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 between the lower hills of the Vestini country and the Adriatic side of Abruzzo, with the Gran Sasso massif visible inland and the first Apennine relief rising within the local hinterland. The Tavo valley runs through this part of the province. The Monte Camicia and Campo Imperatore side of Gran Sasso are the nearest major mountain landscapes, with ski lifts around Campo Imperatore roughly 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes away, so they do not define the immediate setting. Loreto Aprutino has a substantial historic centre and is known for olive oil, with long-established olive groves across the surrounding hills. Penne is the nearest larger historic town inland, while the Pescara-Chieti urban area is the main city service centre on the coast. The area is also the approach zone to the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, but the park core is farther inland rather than within the immediate 15 km landscape.