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Vendo e Affitto Immobiliare propone in vendita una soluzione indipendente situata in Via Piazza, posizione strategica a pochi metri dal bar, dalla chiesa e dai principali servizi del centro storico di Carunchio, uno dei borghi più affascinanti dell’Abruzzo. Caratteristiche dell’immobile Indipendente su più…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €45,000 for 105 sqm, the asking price is €429/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €417/sqm, but the text says 'da rimodernare', so I apply about €350/sqm renovation, bringing the effective cost to roughly €779/sqm. Historic-center position, independent layout, views and usable cellar support the value, but after modernization costs it looks like a solid rather than exceptional deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable townhouse rather than a shell: kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms and finishes are all in place, so you could live here while updating it. The wow comes more from the hill-borgo setting and value for money than from the house’s architecture, which is simple and fairly ordinary. At €45k for 105 sqm, it feels like a solid, livable Abruzzo base with some dream factor but not a true scroll-stopper.
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.
Our read of the photos, €350/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €21,000
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 habitable but dated and need modernization.
- No strong historic interior character is visible in the photos.
- Exterior is plain and balconies/showers of wiring reduce charm.
- View appears partial rather than truly open from the home itself.
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 area is in the hills of the upper Trigno basin, with the Apennine foothills rising inland toward the Abruzzo-Molise border. The Trigno valley is the main landscape feature within reach. The nearest larger centres are Vasto on the coast and San Salvo, which provide the main services, rail access and larger retail. This part of inland southern Abruzzo is known for small hill villages, mixed farmland and olive growing, with woodland on the higher ground.