Casa indipendente in Rampa Pietro Lemme
In pieno centro storico, antica palazzina signorile con terrazzo panoramico che si sviluppa su 4 livelli. Il piano seminterrato con accesso laterale comprende le cantine e i magazzini. Con accesso diretto sulla piazza, il piano terra dispone di un ampio salone e di una cucina abitabile con camino. Entrambi i locali permettono l’accesso al terrazzo con vista panoramica. Il secondo...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €80,000 for 280 sqm, the ask is about €286/sqm; with an estimated €400/sqm renovation budget for an old but substantial historic-center building, the effective cost is about €686/sqm. The baseline is weak, so this relies more on plausibility than market comparison; the panoramic terrace and central historic location support a solid but not exceptional score.
More on the house and the area
This has real dream-home appeal thanks to the panoramic mountain terrace and the scale of an old palazzina on the village square. It is clearly a real house, not a shell: floors, bathrooms, bedrooms and a kitchen are all present, but the interiors are tired and would need substantial refreshing before it feels beautiful to live in. The wow comes from the view, the terrace and the noble old-house atmosphere rather than polished condition.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
Our read of the photos, €400/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€32,000 – €55,000
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 dated and need significant cosmetic updating.
- Some rooms appear dark, worn and only partly ready for immediate use.
- No modern fitted kitchen is shown; systems/heat may need checking.
- Historic-centre access and parking may be limited.
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 72/100The cluster lies in the Alto Molise uplands, with the Apennines around Agnone and the Sangro and Trigno headwater country within the local landscape. The area is close to the upper Trigno basin and to the mountain country that leads toward the Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise National Park, but that park is outside the 15 km radius. Capracotta is the nearest mountain centre of note, and the Prato Gentile cross-country ski area is about a 25 minute drive. Agnone is the nearest town of size; it has a substantial historic centre and is known for the Marinelli bell foundry, one of the oldest in Italy. The wider area is known for high pastures, woods, and traditional transhumance country on the Molise-Abruzzo border.