Villa vicentina: rustico con terreno
<hr>VILLA VICENTINA (UD): Loc. BORGO SANDRIGO, Rustico ACCOSTATO da Riattare completamente svolto su 2 piani fuori terra + Soffitta. Composto da: Atrio, Cucina, Salotto, Primo Piano 2 Camere, Secondo Piano Grande Soffitta Abitabile. Giardino. <hr>
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 €45,000 for 100 sqm, the ask is €450/sqm, but the description says 'riattare completamente' so I estimate a full restoration at about €1,100/sqm, bringing effective cost to roughly €1,550/sqm. That is far above the local baseline of €255/sqm for similar cheap-stock listings, with only a small positive from the garden and usable attic.
More on the house and the area
This is a simple attached farmhouse with a usable-looking garden and very low price, but it has little visual romance or standout setting. The house appears roofed and standing, yet clearly needs full refurbishment and is not presented as a ready-to-live-in home. It feels more like a budget project than a dream Italian house.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€40,000 – €59,000
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.
- Complete renovation needed
- Exterior shows weathering and aging shutters
- No interior photos to prove livability
- Plain suburban/rural setting with no notable view
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 79/100The cluster lies in the lower Friulian plain near the Natissa and not far from the Grado Lagoon. Aquileia itself has one of Italy’s main early Christian archaeological sites, with the Basilica and Archaeological Area of Aquileia on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Grado is the nearest coastal town of size, with beaches and lagoon channels. The area is known for Roman archaeology, lagoon environments, and wines from the Aquileia and nearby Friuli Isonzo zone.