Casa indipendente in Via dei Cappuccini 26
Abitazione unifamiliare da ristrutturare con circa mq500 di giardino in una zona tranquilla ed assolata nel Comune di Scurcola Marsicana. Si compone di ingresso, sala cucina abitabile, tre comode camere dal letto, due bagni. Completa la proprietà una piccola mansarda con accesso dall'esterno composta da tre vani ed un…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is explicitly described as da ristrutturare, so I used about €700/m² renovation: effective cost is roughly €942/m² (€58,000 + renovation on 240 m²), versus a low-stock baseline of €361/m² in Abruzzo country houses. The asking price alone is extremely low at €242/m² and the property is large, detached, with garden/terrace/parking and good photo coverage, which supports a solid value score despite the full renovation need.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, standalone country house with a sunny garden, trees and a big terrace, so it has some lifestyle potential for the price. But the photos show a tired, neglected house rather than an immediately lovable one: overgrown outside, dated plain interiors, and visible wear that suggests real renovation work. It feels like a usable structure with potential, not a current dream home.
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€48,000 – €84,000
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.
- Clearly needs renovation and garden clearance
- Interiors shown are sparse and dated, with limited signs of ready livability
- Some exterior cracking/weathering visible
- Upper mansarda has external-only access
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 68/100The cluster sits at the western edge of the Fucino basin, with the central Apennines rising immediately around it. The Velino-Sirente chain is nearby, and the area is close to the Monte Velino massif. The former Lake Fucino plain begins beside the town and defines the local landscape with a wide reclaimed agricultural basin. Avezzano is the nearest town of size, with rail links, shops and services. Tagliacozzo is nearby and has a preserved historic centre. The area is known for the Battle of Tagliacozzo and for agriculture on the reclaimed Fucino plain.