Casa Indipendente con Giardino
Gonnoscodina, piccolo e caratteristico centro dell’Alta Marmilla, in provincia di Oristano, si trova a pochi passi dallo spettacolare paesaggio degli altopiani basaltici delle Giare della Marmilla, un territorio ricco di bellezze naturalistiche e importanti siti archeologici. In questo suggestivo contesto proponiamo in…
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
Priced at €24,900 for 220 sqm (€113/sqm), but the text says total renovation is needed and mentions some semi-derelict rooms, so I used about €1,100/sqm renovation cost. Even on that basis the effective cost is about €1,213/sqm, which is still very competitive for this stock versus the €368/sqm baseline once heavy works are accounted for; 51 photos and a detailed description reduce uncertainty.
More on the house and the area
This has real Sardinian village atmosphere: handsome stone facades, winding cobbled lanes, a church-tower backdrop and authentic old-house character. The main building looks substantial, roofed and full of original materials, with courtyards and garden space adding real lifestyle potential. But it is not move-in ready at all: interiors are worn and damp-looking, and parts of the rear complex are semi-ruinous, so the wow is more dream-project than ready home.
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€87,000 – €129,000
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.
- Total renovation needed; interiors show age, cracks and decay.
- Some rear outbuildings appear semi-derelict.
- Livability is limited now despite the main stone structure being standing and roofed.
- No photo-proven finished kitchen or ready modern bathroom.
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 53/100Simala sits in the Marmilla hills, an inland landscape of low rounded ridges, cereal fields, olive groves and small villages. The nearest named river is the Tirso farther north of this area, but within the immediate surroundings the landscape is mainly agricultural upland rather than a marked river valley. The nearest town of some size is Ales, which has everyday services; larger services are in Oristano. This part of central-western Sardinia is known for rural hill country and nuragic archaeology spread across the wider area.