Cielo terra su tre livelli, da ristrutturare
Abitazione indipendente su tre livelli, con camino, due camere matrimoniali, fondo e nessuna spesa condominiale, ideale per chi desidera personalizzare la propria casa nel centro storico. DISTANZE: Spello: 6 Km Bevagna: 9 Km Trevi: 11 Km Nocera umbra: 24 Km Spoleto: 28 Km Perugia: 36 Km Aeroporto dell'Umbria "S.…
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 €75,000 for 83 sqm, the asking price is €904/sqm; with a full renovation estimate of about €700/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €1,604/sqm. That is far above the local sub-€100k baseline of €500/sqm, despite the positive historic-centre location and independent townhouse layout.
More on the house and the area
This is a real historic-centre townhouse with some charm from the old lane setting, arched facade detail, and a usable fireplace. It is not a shell: the house has floors, windows, rooms, heating and a bathroom, but the listing explicitly says it needs renovation from systems to finishes. Dream factor comes more from the Umbria old-town location than from the current interiors.
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€17,000 – €29,000
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.
- Full renovation needed from systems to interior finishes
- No real view, terrace, or outdoor space shown
- Interiors are plain and dated despite being structurally house-like
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Foligno, so the lived setting is an urban plain at the foot of the Umbrian Apennines. The Topino valley and the plain of the Valle Umbra lie around the town, with Monte Subasio rising to the north-west and the first Apennine relief close to the east. The Menotre valley begins nearby toward Pale and Belfiore. The nearest larger hill town is Assisi, and Perugia is the main provincial city with full services. Foligno is known as a transport and service centre in central Umbria, with a substantial historic centre rather than a landscape destination.