Rustico/casale in Via Sant'Andrea 111
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, sfruttando la cubatura esistente per un progetto moderno...
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The listing is a 520 mq plot with an attached rudere; the description points to a ruin/rebuild scenario rather than a livable house. At €65,000 plus roughly €1,100/m² restoration/rebuild cost, this is not comparable to the €320/m² baseline as a normal dwelling and falls into trap territory for buyers seeking a habitable home or standard renovation project.
More on the house and the area
There is one real asset here: an open mountain view across the field and a decent-sized plot. But the building itself reads as a rudere/bare shell rather than a livable home, with stripped interiors, damaged ceilings and no functioning fit-out. This is more a rebuild opportunity than a cheap Italian house you could soon move into.
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.
- Explicitly described as a rudere, so this is a major reconstruction project.
- Interiors are raw and unfinished with no usable kitchen or bathroom.
- Ceilings show widespread damage/openings and likely need substantial structural work.
- 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.