Villa unifamiliare in Scoppito
Villa in costruzione a Scoppito, Frazione Sella di Corno – Trattativa Privata Immersa nel verde della campagna aquilana, a due passi dal Rio del Tratturello, proponiamo in vendita una villa indipendente su due livelli, attualmente in corso di costruzione (fase strutturale completata, F3), con enormi potenzialità di…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingRenovatedThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
Must be done first
- Connections
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Although advertised as renovated at €529/m², the villa is only structurally complete and still needs substantial interior, systems, bathrooms and finishing work. With roughly €700/m² of completion costs, the effective cost is about €1,229/m² versus €356/m² locally; the listing also does not state the energy class or number of bathrooms.
More on the house and the area
The villa has strong visual appeal from its traditional mountain architecture, surrounding greenery, large garden, and impressive wooded Abruzzo backdrop. However, it is an unfinished structural shell rather than a usable home, with no finished interiors or bathrooms shown, so its dream-home potential is dependent on a major completion project.
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.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€34,000 – €60,000
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 property is still under construction, with only the structural phase completed.
- No bathrooms, kitchen, or finished interior spaces are shown; substantial completion costs are likely.
- The attractive €90,000 price must be assessed against the work needed to make the house habitable.
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 surroundings are central‑Apennine foothills and valley floor characteristic of the Aterno river basin. Low hills and agricultural land (arable fields, orchards/olive trees) surround small village centres. The higher Abruzzo massifs (Gran Sasso and the Sirente‑Velino group) form the distant skyline but lie outside the immediate 15 km radius. Nearest city of size is L'Aquila (provincial capital) which supplies a university campus, a hospital, a historic centre undergoing reconstruction after the 2009 earthquake, and regional rail/bus connections. Ski areas and the protected highland zones of Abruzzo are on the high Apennines beyond the local 15 km area rather than inside it. There is no UNESCO site or national-park core within the immediate 15 km radius.