Rustico in Magliano Sabina
In vocabolo Colle Sala, nella campagna di Magliano Sabina, proponiamo in vendita rudere di casale con 2.500 mq di terreno. L'immobile, di 260 mq totali disposti su due livelli, essendo completamente da ristrutturare, è una vera e propria tela bianca: avrai la totale libertà di riorganizzare gli spazi interni,…
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
The description explicitly says 'rudere di casale' and 'completamente da ristrutturare', which is a ruin-level project rather than a normal renovation. Using 1100 €/m2 renovation, the effective cost is about 1585 €/m2 (485 + 1100), far above the 689 €/m2 baseline, and there is also a major data contradiction because the listing say 134 sqm while the text says 260 mq totali.
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The setting is undeniably lovely, with rolling Sabina countryside, privacy and wide open views that feel very peaceful. But the building itself is beyond a normal renovation: it is a heavily collapsed shell with rubble, exposed walls and no usable living spaces. This is a land-and-project dream rather than a beautiful cheap home you could realistically live in soon.
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€53,000 – €78,000
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.
- The house is a true rudere with major collapse and missing roof sections.
- Not remotely move-in ready: full reconstruction is likely, not simple renovation.
- Utilities, structural safety and permits/rebuild scope need careful verification.
- Rural setting means access and services are not on the doorstep.
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 63/100The cluster lies in the Sabina hills, with cultivated slopes of olive groves and mixed woodland above the Tiber valley. The Tiber runs nearby to the west, and the lower valley is one of the main landscape features within this part of southwestern Rieti province. Monte Soratte stands nearby across the valley and is the most distinct landform in the area. The Riserva Naturale Monte Soratte is within short driving distance. Magliano Sabina itself is a small hill town with a historic centre; for more services the nearest larger towns are Civita Castellana and Orte, and Rome is the main big-city pull farther south. This area is known for Sabina olive country and for hill towns set above the Tiber corridor.