Terratetto unifamiliare in Francavilla al Mare
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Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €94,000 asking price (€348/m²) looks attractive, but a substantial renovation at roughly €700/m² brings the effective cost to about €1,048/m², far above the local €426/m² benchmark. The sea is nearby and the property includes a garage and 700 m² of land, but the listing does not state the energy class and the renovation scope is significant.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely spacious, usable family house with a sea view, generous 700 m² of land, multiple bedrooms, garage, heating, and a workable kitchen and bathroom. It is strongly dated rather than ruined, with cosmetic and renovation work needed, while the land, outlook, and low price per square meter provide the main dream-home appeal.
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€53,000 – €95,000
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.
- Substantial renovation and modernization are needed, especially to the dated kitchen, bathroom, finishes, and exterior.
- The large upper storage/attic area is unfinished and may require additional work to become usable living space.
- The property is in a residential setting with neighboring unfinished construction visible from the exterior.
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 cluster is on the Adriatic coast, with beaches and the seafront of Francavilla al Mare immediately nearby. The Foro river reaches the sea here. Pescara is directly adjacent to the north and provides a full city of shops, services, rail links and the airport. The first Adriatic headlands of the Costa dei Trabocchi begin farther south around Ortona, outside the immediate radius. Inland, the landscape rises toward the Abruzzo foothills but the main mountain massifs are beyond the local 15 km landscape.