Casa indipendente in Via Grazia Deledda
USSASSAI. Ingresso paese fronte poste vendesi palazzetto indipendente cosi composto: Locale al piano terra fronte strada con 4 serrande di 100 mq di coperto + 50 mq di loggiato. Da un portoncino affianco al locale si accede all'abitazione distribuita su tre livelli per 150 mq complessivi. terrazzo sovrastante e cortile con cantinola Panoramica. Ussassai è un piccolo borgo nella provincia...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The dwelling is 150 sqm at €25,000, but with no stated condition a prudent renovation allowance is about €700/sqm, bringing the effective cost to roughly €867/sqm. Baseline data is weak here (Sardegna country houses: €300/sqm), and the large street-front ground-floor locale/loggiato mix adds uncertainty about how much is truly residential.
More on the house and the area
The real wow here is the mountain panorama and hillside village setting, plus a usable courtyard/garden and terrace potential. This is not a ruin: it has floors, stairs, windows, bathrooms and several fireplaces, so it reads as a real house with volume rather than a shell. But the building is very plain and the interiors are tired and dated, so it feels like a cheap, livable project rather than an instant dream home.
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, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€30,000 – €53,000
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.
- Exterior is plain and not especially photogenic
- Interiors look very dated and need significant updating
- Some visible wear/cracking and likely maintenance throughout
- Large ground-floor commercial/storage space may not suit all buyers
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 78/100The cluster is in the Tacchi d’Ogliastra, with limestone plateaus and steep ravines around Ussassai. The Rio San Gerolamo and other mountain streams cut the valleys here, and the area is tied to the canyon landscape of the Gennargentu-Ogliastra interior. Part of the area falls within the Parco Naturale Regionale del Gennargentu. The nearest ski slopes are on Bruncu Spina in the Gennargentu massif, roughly 1 hour 30 minutes by road in winter conditions. Lanusei is the nearest town of size, with hospital and services, and Tortolì-Arbatax on the coast is the main larger service centre and port. The area is known for limestone cliffs, caves, trekking terrain, and the inland Ogliastra landscapes connected with the Trenino Verde route.