Villino Collegiacone
Contesto L’immobile si trova a Capanne di Collegiacone una frazione del comune di Cascia a 955 metri sul livello del mare, immersa nel verde. La zona offre percorsi naturalistici e sentieri escursionistici che collegano la frazione a località vicine come Rocca Porena. Descrizione dell’immobile È stato edificato nel…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €75,000 for 183 m², the habitable villa costs about €410/m², but allowing roughly €36,600 for normal updating brings the effective cost to about €610/m² versus around €403/m² for comparable homes. The 7,000 m² of land, garage and cellar add value, though the property is in a remote hamlet 8 km from services.
More on the house and the area
A substantial, livable Umbrian house with sweeping mountain views, a balcony, garage, and approximately 7,000 m² of land including a truffle grove. The home is solid and fully furnished, with a kitchen, fireplace, working rooms, and finished floors, though its dated interiors and plain exterior keep it below dream-home level.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €20,000
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.
- The interiors are habitable but distinctly dated and would benefit from cosmetic modernization.
- The property is rural and remote, about 8 km from services, at roughly 955 m elevation.
- Only one bathroom is listed for four bedrooms; utilities and heating 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 74/100The Monti Sibillini and the Valnerina are the immediate setting here. The Nera river valley is within the local area, with the Corno valley and the mountain slopes around Poggiodomo shaping the landscape. This is inside the Sibillini sector of the Umbria-Marche Apennines, with the Monti Sibillini National Park close by on the eastern side of the area. The nearest ski slopes are the small Forca Canapine area above Norcia, roughly half an hour by road in normal conditions. Norcia is the nearest town of size, with services and a walled historic centre. The area is known for mountain pasture, woods, and the Valnerina road network of narrow valleys and stone hamlets.