Rustico in Avezzano
Opportunità a Caruscino: Terreno di 520 mq con Rudere ad Elevato Potenziale In zona Caruscino, proponiamo in vendita un terreno di 520 mq con annesso rudere (composto da soggiorno, cucina, 3 camere e un bagno e comodo garage ). La proprietà rappresenta un'ottima soluzione per chi desidera costruire su misura,…
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 is for a 520 mq plot with an attached 'rudere', i.e. effectively a ruin to rebuild rather than a livable farmhouse. At €65,000 plus roughly €572,000 rebuild/restoration cost (about €1,100/m²), the effective cost is far above the €320/m² baseline, so this is not a bargain for a buyer seeking a home or normal renovation project.
More on the house and the area
The mountain backdrop gives the plot some appeal, and there is useful outdoor space to work with. But the building itself is basically a bare shell/rudere with very poor interior condition, so this reads as a rebuild project rather than a beautiful cheap home you could soon live in.
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€206,000 – €304,000
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.
- Essentially a rudere/shell, not a ready home
- Major renovation or likely rebuild needed
- Interiors are raw and unfinished with no usable kitchen/bathroom visible
- Garden/plot is overgrown and the setting is suburban rather than romantic
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 55/100Avezzano sits in the Fucino basin, a broad plain enclosed by the Abruzzo Apennines. The former Lake Fucino area defines the landscape around the town, with the basin drained and now used for intensive agriculture. The Sirente-Velino Regional Natural Park lies just to the north and north-east, and the Velino massif is the main mountain presence in the wider immediate area. The nearest ski lifts are at Ovindoli on Monte Magnola, roughly 20–25 minutes by road. Celano is the nearest smaller historic town of note, with its hilltop centre and Piccolomini Castle on the edge of the plain. The area is known for vegetable farming on the reclaimed Fucino plain.