Casa indipendente in Via Torre 26
Nel cuore più autentico del centro storico di Colli a Volturno, tra antichi vicoli in pietra e scorci che custodiscono il fascino immutato dei secoli, sorge una residenza di straordinario pregio storico, parte dell'antico Palazzo Andreucci, dimora appartenuta a una delle più illustri famiglie nobiliari del borgo. La…
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At €59,000 for 116 sqm, the ask is €509/sqm; with a cautious habitable estimate of +€200/sqm due to missing condition data, effective cost is about €709/sqm. The local baseline is weak (only 11 comps), so this looks plausible rather than outstanding; the historic-center character is a plus, but the lack of concrete condition details keeps it from scoring higher.
More on the house and the area
This looks like a real, usable home: finished stairs, working bathrooms, heating, kitchen and solid overall condition. The wow comes more from the old-borgo/palazzo context and the exceptional amount of house for the price than from visually stunning rooms in the photos. It feels liveable now, with scope to make it much more atmospheric.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €13,000
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.
- Photos shown are functional rather than especially beautiful, with limited sense of views or exterior charm.
- Some interiors feel plain/dim and may need furnishing and cosmetic warming-up.
- Historic-palazzo claim is not strongly visible in these particular photos.
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 70/100The Mainarde, the southwestern sector of the Apennines on the Molise-Lazio-Abruzzo border, rise within this area. The Volturno river valley is the immediate landscape here, with low wooded slopes and cultivated valley floor around the villages between Colli a Volturno, Rocchetta a Volturno and Cerro al Volturno. The Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise begins nearby around Pizzone and the Mainarde, partly within about 15 km of the cluster. Rocchetta a Volturno has the abbey of San Vincenzo al Volturno, one of the main medieval monastic sites in inland southern Italy. The nearest town of size is Isernia, which has the normal range of services and a preserved historic centre. This area is known for mountain pastures, woodland and the upper Volturno valley villages.