Rustico/casale in Traversa Sesta di Via Sottotorre
Nel Borgo Medievale di Pietramelara, in zona “Sottotorre”, proponiamo in vendita un antico fabbricato storico, oggi classificato come immobile collabente. L’edificio si presenta come rudere, con parti crollate, puntellato e messo in sicurezza. Non è accessibile internamente e richiede un intervento di recupero…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Listed at €1,000 for 1,500 sqm (€1/sqm), but the description says it is an immobile collabente/rudere with collapsed parts, shored up, not internally accessible, and needing integral recovery. This is effectively a collapsed ruin, so despite the tiny price it is a veto-risk property rather than a livable deal.
More on the house and the area
The medieval borgo setting and rough stone character give it some atmosphere, and the €1,000 price is striking. But this is explicitly a collapsed historic ruin, propped for safety and not accessible inside, so it is not a usable home in its current state.
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€594,000 – €878,000
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.
- Declared collabente/rudere with collapsed parts
- Not internally accessible
- Requires full structural recovery
- Historic-center constraints may complicate works
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 58/100The cluster is at the foot of the Monti Trebulani, with the larger mass of the Matese visible farther north. The Volturno valley lies nearby and shapes the wider plain between the inland hills and Capua. The nearest substantial town is Caserta, which has the Reggia di Caserta and the main range of services; Capua and Teano are closer small historic centres. The area is known for mixed inland Campania countryside of olive groves, vineyards and small hill settlements, and for access toward the Matese interior rather than for a single standout landmark inside the immediate radius.