Rustico/casale in Contrada Piane
Casa indipendente da ristrutturare con terreno agricolo e ulivi Nel comune di Cermignano (TE), in Contrada Filiciocco, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente che rappresenta una soluzione ideale per chi desidera realizzare un’abitazione completamente personalizzata. L’immobile, con 92 m² di superficie…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is explicitly a full restoration project: at €35,000 for 92 m², the ask is €380/m² and the effective cost is about €1,480/m² including ~€1,100/m² renovation. That sits far above your low-stock baseline of €320/m², but for a detached farmhouse with olive-grove land and 17 photos it still looks like a plausible renovation opportunity rather than a trap.
More on the house and the area
This has some honest rural charm: exposed beams, simple farmhouse volumes, a fireplace, and land with olives around it. The house is roofed, standing, and clearly a real small home rather than a ruin, but it is very dated and sold explicitly for full renovation, so the wow comes more from potential and price than from current beauty. At €35k, it feels like a plausible countryside project with usable bones, not an instant dream home.
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€36,000 – €54,000
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.
- Entirely to be renovated; interiors are basic and dated rather than ready to live in
- Exterior is plain and the setting is rural but not especially dramatic in the photos
- Only one bathroom is shown and ancillary/storage areas look rough
- Utilities/layout may need updating as part of the renovation
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 cluster sits in the lower hills between the Vomano and Tordino valleys, with the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif visible inland and the Adriatic coast on the wider horizon. The nearest substantial river landscape is the Vomano. Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park begins inland, beyond the immediate hills. The nearest town of size is Teramo, which has a cathedral, a Roman theatre and the main services of the area. Atri is nearby and is known for its historic centre and cathedral. This part of northern Abruzzo is known for olive groves, vineyards and mixed hill farming.