Cascina/Casale in vendita a Civitella Alfedena
CIVITELLA ALFEDENA - vendesi cascina. Precisamente: In zona centralissima, ma allo stesso tempo molto tranquilla, proponiamo in vendita cascina / stalla Categoria C/6 con giardino e possibilità di cambio di destinazione d'uso in civile abitazione. Gas, corrente elettrica, acquedotto e fogna sono nelle immediate vicinanze dell'immobile.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is currently a C/6 cascina/stalla, i.e. agricultural/storage use, and only says there is a possibility of change of use, so as offered it is not a legal dwelling. Even before works, the ask is EUR 960/m2 versus a very low baseline of EUR 328/m2, and with full restoration/conversion costs it is not a sound buy for a buyer seeking a livable home.
More on the house and the area
The stone outbuilding has some rustic charm and sits in an attractive old Abruzzo village with greenery and mountain context. But this is not a livable house today: it is essentially a barn/storage building with bare, rough interiors and no bathroom or kitchen. The dream is in the potential and location, not in its current usability.
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€20,000 – €29,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Currently a barn/stable (C/6), not a residential home
- Full conversion and renovation needed; no bathroom or kitchen
- Utilities are only nearby, not shown connected
- Interiors are raw storage spaces with basic finishes
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 84/100The area is in the Monti Marsicani, with forested mountain slopes and enclosed valleys inside the Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise National Park. Lake Barrea is immediately nearby on the Sangro, and the park landscape around the lake includes beech woods, mountain pasture and wildlife areas for deer and wolves. Pescasseroli is the nearest centre of note in the park and has day-to-day services; Castel di Sangro is the nearest larger town with broader shopping, rail connections and hospitals. The nearest ski lifts are those of Passo Godi, a short drive away, with the larger Alto Sangro ski areas around Roccaraso farther off and not part of the immediate landscape. The area is known for national-park mountain scenery, transhumance country and wildlife watching.