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Se stai cercando una casa da ristrutturare in un borgo antico delle Marche ecco questa splendida proprietà Immersa nella totale tranquillità con una vista panoramica mozzafiato. All’ interno di un piccolo borgo storico proponiamo una porzione di fabbricato rurale cielo terra completamente da ristrutturare a pochi…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The text clearly says 'completamente da ristrutturare', so I estimate about €1,100/m² renovation; that puts the effective cost near €1,412/m² (€312 + €1,100), far above the very low Marche farmhouse baseline of €306/m². Still, €55k for 176 m² in a small historic borgo with panoramic views and 36 photos is plausible for a full restoration project rather than a trap.
More on the house and the area
The panoramic Marche hill-and-mountain views are genuinely dreamy, and the orchard-like land gives it real lifestyle appeal. The house itself is a real building with roof, floors, beams and a fireplace, not a ruin, but it is visibly tired and damp-marked and needs full renovation before it feels comfortably livable. At €55k for 176 sqm, the price helps the romance.
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€70,000 – €103,000
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.
- Completely to be renovated; not move-in ready.
- Visible cracking, damp staining and worn finishes suggest significant structural/roof checks are needed.
- Only very basic/dated interior fit-out is shown, with uncertain kitchen/bath usability.
- Part of a borgo/attached rural building, so privacy and boundaries should be verified.
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 58/100The area sits in the inland Marche hills in the upper Cesano valley, with cultivated ridges, woods and folded low Apennine country around it. The Cesano river runs through Pergola. The nearest higher ground is the Apennine belt toward Catria and Nerone to the west, visible in the wider area and reached by road in well under an hour, but not inside the immediate 15 km landscape. Pergola is the nearest town of size and has a substantial historic centre; it is known above all for the Gilded Bronzes of Cartoceto kept in its museum. Fossombrone and Cagli are the other main service towns in the wider inland corridor.