Civitella di Romagna - rustico in posizione panoramica
Nelle campagne tra Meldola e Civitella di Romagna, immerso nel verde, proponiamo in vendita rustico da ristrutturare e personalizzare a piacimento. INTERNO: Al piano terra troviamo una loggia, un ripostiglio, una cantina ed una legnaia mentre al piano primo troviamo tre camere da letto, una cucina ed un bagno. …
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 €49,000 for 150 sqm, the asking price is just €327/sqm, but the description says a complete renovation is needed, so I estimate about €1,100/sqm renovation, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,427/sqm. That is far above the very low local baseline of €290/sqm for this stock, so despite the low entry price this looks only fair unless you specifically want a full restoration farmhouse.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely attractive old stone farmhouse in open countryside, with pleasant hill views and useful land around it. But it is clearly a full renovation project rather than a ready home: the main house looks roofed and standing, yet empty/open-windowed and in original condition, with ancillary buildings partly rough or damaged. At €49k for 150 sqm it has romance and potential, but the current livability is low.
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€59,000 – €88,000
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
- Interiors are not shown and likely stripped/basic
- Outbuildings include partially derelict structures
- Rural setting may mean utilities/access checks
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 site is in the first Apennine hills of Romagna, with wooded ridges and cultivated valleys around the Bidente river system. The Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna National Park lies nearby to the south-west, with the main high forest and mountain area around Campigna roughly 15 km away. Santa Sofia is the nearest small town of some size and has everyday services; Forlì is the main city for higher-order services. This part of Romagna is known for hill villages, chestnut woods and the roads that climb from the plain into the Apennines.