Serravalle di Chienti
Caratteristica ex casa cantoniera nel comune di Serravalle di Chienti. L'edificio di interesse storico è sviluppato su due livelli, per totali 120 mq circa di abitazione, oltre a cantina al piano seminterrato e garage al piano terra. La proprietà è completata da una corte privata e recintata di 940 mq. Da ristrutturare.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €23,411 asking price is very low at €180/m², but the property needs renovation and estimated total renovation costs of about €143,000 bring the effective cost to roughly €1,280/m². Its remote inland location and limited listing detail weaken the appeal despite the large private courtyard.
More on the house and the area
This distinctive former roadside house has strong historic character, arched loggias, mature trees, a large private enclosure, and attractive mountain-valley surroundings. However, it is explicitly sold to be renovated and appears empty and neglected, so it is a beautiful restoration project rather than a ready-to-live-in home.
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€51,000 – €76,000
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.
- Requires substantial renovation and is not currently shown as habitable.
- No bathroom, kitchen, or bedroom provision is documented.
- The property sits directly beside a public road, so traffic and access should be checked.
- Roof and structural condition need professional inspection.
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 55/100There is an internal inconsistency in the FACTS: Foligno is normally the town in Umbria (province of Perugia); the listing places the cluster in Macerata, Marche (coordinates 43.038, 12.895). Treating the cluster as being in inland Macerata province, the surroundings are the Apennine foothills of central Marche: within about 15 km the ground is hilly to low-mountain with mixed woodland and agricultural patches. No major lake or coastline lies inside 15 km. There is no named national park or coastal protection zone immediately adjacent (the Monti Sibillini are in the region but are likely farther than 15 km from these coordinates). The local settlement pattern is small towns and medieval hill villages and scattered hamlets; larger services for the area are found in the province’s towns (for example Camerino/Matelica) and in the provincial capital Macerata, which provide hospitals, train links and regional administrative services. The local economy is rural: small-scale farming, woodland (chestnut/oak) and local artisan activity.