Terratetto unifamiliare in Mercato Saraceno
NUMERO PROCEDURA E DATA ASTA 8925FC.1.211026 INDIRIZZO Via Borgo Linaro, 3 Località Linaro, Mercato Saraceno Forlì-Cesena DESCRIZIONE Fabbricato abitativo da cielo a terra disposto su piano seminterrato, piano terra e piano primo. Al piano seminterrato sono presenti cantina e centrale termica. Al piano terra si…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is explicitly a judicial auction ('DATA ASTA', 'aste immobiliari'), which is a veto red flag for this catalog. Although the implied cost looks low at about €395/m² including a habitable-level renovation allowance (€41,625 + 214×€200), the auction status overrides price attractiveness.
More on the house and the area
The curved stone facade gives it real village character, and the tiny borgo setting is more atmospheric than the price suggests. But inside it looks dark, dated and clearly troubled by widespread damp, so this reads as a cheap usable shell needing serious work rather than an immediately lovable home. The exterior charms more than the living experience shown in the photos.
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€14,000 – €24,000
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.
- Major damp and water-infiltration visible on several ceilings and walls
- Interiors are habitable only in a very basic sense and need significant refurbishment
- Bathroom/kitchen look outdated and incomplete in listing photos
- Auction sale: practical/legal process is more complex than a normal purchase
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 56/100The area sits in the first Apennine hills of the Savio valley. The Savio river runs through the area toward Cesena. Within this radius the landscape is mainly wooded slopes, fields and scattered hamlets, with the denser services concentrated toward Cesena, which has a full range of shops, schools, rail links and hospitals. The wider area is known for hill farming and for the route inland from Romagna toward the Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines.