Casa indipendente in Contrada Colle Trotta
Nel comune di Penne, in una posizione collinare e panoramica con una vista aperta e suggestiva sulla catena montuosa del Gran Sasso, proponiamo in vendita un terratetto di circa 118 mq distribuiti su due livelli. La proprietà comprende una corte comune circostante e un terreno di circa 6.010 mq. L'immobile, dotato di doppio ingresso indipendente, si compone internamente come segue:...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €60,000 for 118 sqm, the ask is about €508/sqm; assuming roughly habitable condition from the complete house layout, 26 photos and no explicit need-for-restoration wording, a light renovation estimate of ~€200/sqm brings the effective cost to about €708/sqm. That is above the low Abruzzo country-house baseline of €429/sqm, but the package includes 6,010 sqm of land, independent entrances and panoramic Gran Sasso views, which support a still-good score.
More on the house and the area
The Gran Sasso view is a real showstopper, and the stone farmhouse exterior has authentic rustic charm with useful land around it. Inside it looks like a genuine, usable home rather than a shell, with kitchen, fireplace and finished rooms, but it is tired and would benefit from modernization. This feels dream-worthy because of the setting and character, not because it is turnkey.
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.
- Interiors are habitable but dated and need refreshing.
- Visible damp/staining on some ground-floor walls.
- Part of the outdoor area appears shared rather than fully private.
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 in the Abruzzo foothills between the Gran Sasso massif to the west and the Adriatic plain to the east. The Fino valley and the rolling hill country around Penne are the immediate landscape, and Lago di Penne lies within this area. The Riserva Naturale Regionale Lago di Penne is here, around the lake and wetland. The nearest ski lifts are on the Gran Sasso side around Campo Imperatore and Monte Cristo, roughly 1 to 1.5 hours by road, so they are not part of the immediate landscape. Penne itself is the nearest substantial town, with a brick-built historic centre on a hill; Pescara is the main city for larger services on the coast. The area is known for olive groves, vineyards and cereal fields on the Abruzzo hills.