Villa unifamiliare in Loreto Aprutino
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Compendio immobiliare composto da una porzione di fabbricato a destinazione residenziale con circostante ampia corte e diversi terreni agricoli, ubicato in Contrada Vicenne snc, a ridosso del Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e dei Monti della Laga. - Contrada Vicenne ... Simplex…
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
This is explicitly an 'ASTA IMMOBILIARE' (judicial auction), which is a veto red flag for this catalog regardless of the low asking price. The nominal €163/m² looks cheap versus the €358/m² baseline, but auction risk and uncertainty dominate.
More on the house and the area
The low price, large size and some surrounding land give it practical appeal, and the Abruzzo location near the Gran Sasso area helps a little. But the photos show a plain 1980s roadside house with raw, semi-finished interiors and no visible usable bathroom or kitchen, so this feels more like a budget project than a dream Italian home.
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€13,000 – €22,000
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.
- Interiors look unfinished/rough and need substantial renovation.
- No fitted bathroom or kitchen is visible despite the 'habitable' label.
- Roadside setting is practical but not especially scenic or private.
- Auction sale: documentation and actual condition should be checked carefully.
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 61/100The area sits between the lower hills of the Vestini country and the Adriatic side of Abruzzo, with the Gran Sasso massif visible inland and the first Apennine relief rising within the local hinterland. The Tavo valley runs through this part of the province. The Monte Camicia and Campo Imperatore side of Gran Sasso are the nearest major mountain landscapes, with ski lifts around Campo Imperatore roughly 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes away, so they do not define the immediate setting. Loreto Aprutino has a substantial historic centre and is known for olive oil, with long-established olive groves across the surrounding hills. Penne is the nearest larger historic town inland, while the Pescara-Chieti urban area is the main city service centre on the coast. The area is also the approach zone to the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, but the park core is farther inland rather than within the immediate 15 km landscape.