Rustico/casale in Località San Marino
"La Casa a San Marino" - A soli 20 minuti da Orvieto, in posizione comoda, non isolata e facilmente raggiungibile dalla strada provinciale, proponiamo in vendita una caratteristica casa di campagna in pietra, ideale per chi desidera personalizzare una proprietà immersa nella tranquillità della campagna umbra. L’abitazione si sviluppa su tre livelli ed è così composta: Piano seminterrato:...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €35,000 for 140 sqm, the ask is €250/sqm, but assuming a typical renovation at about €700/sqm the effective cost is roughly €950/sqm. That is far above the local baseline of €309/sqm for similar low-priced stock, though the stone farmhouse, garden, and accessible non-isolated Umbrian location add some appeal.
More on the house and the area
This has real Umbrian dream ingredients: a handsome stone farmhouse, green hill views, and a wooded rural setting. Crucially, it looks like a complete, usable house rather than a shell, with floors, bedrooms and a functioning bathroom, but the interiors are plain and dated and would need meaningful updating to feel special. At €35k for 140 sqm, the price adds strong appeal.
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€28,000 – €49,000
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.
- Interiors are very basic and dated, with clear need for modernization.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a 140 sqm, 4-bed house.
- Some outdoor elements and secondary structures look tired and neglected.
- Overhead power lines appear in the 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 66/100The area sits on the volcanic hills of central Umbria, with woods, fields and small ridges around Monte Peglia. Monte Peglia and the Selva di Meana are a protected area nearby. Marsciano and Orvieto are the nearest larger towns in daily use; Orvieto has a cathedral, rail station and motorway access. This part of Umbria is known for olive groves, mixed farming and small hill villages, and San Venanzo itself is associated with the volcanic area and its park museum.