Casa indipendente in Via Caprera 5
Casa indipendente di ampia metratura con garage, cortile e terrazza – Dualchi (NU) Nel cuore di Dualchi, tranquillo paese dell’entroterra sardo immerso tra montagne, campagne e natura, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente di ampia metratura, ideale per grandi famiglie o come investimento per realizzare un B&B,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €69,900 asking price is €280/m², well below the local €387/m² benchmark, but the listing does not state the condition, construction year, or energy performance. Allowing roughly €700/m² for an unspecified rural renovation brings the effective cost to about €980/m², making this more suitable for a carefully priced redevelopment project than a clear bargain.
More on the house and the area
A very large, solid-looking village house with a sunny terracotta facade, balcony, garage, and distinctive vintage patterned floors and staircase. It appears broadly usable rather than a ruin, but the interiors are tired and require meaningful cosmetic renovation, with visible moisture marks and outdated furnishings.
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€50,000 – €88,000
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.
- Interiors are clearly dated and show ceiling staining, peeling paint, and possible damp issues.
- No attractive landscape or mountain view is visible in the gallery, despite the inland Sardinian setting.
- Kitchen and bathroom condition are not clearly shown, so full move-in readiness is uncertain.
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 56/100Interior of central Sardinia: low, karstified limestone hills and small plateaus with Mediterranean maquis, holm oak and cork oak. Land use within the surrounding 15 km is mixed pasture, cereal fields, olive groves and scattered woodland; sheep and goat grazing are common. No major named mountain range, large lake or river lies inside a 15 km radius; the higher Gennargentu massif is farther to the east. There are no ski lifts or alpine facilities nearby. The nearest larger town is Macomer (roughly 20–30 km), on the SS131 corridor, where residents find supermarkets, secondary schools, a railway station and other regional services. The area is typical of Sardinia’s inland countryside and is associated with sheep farming, Pecorino Sardo production and the island’s widespread Nuragic archaeological heritage; there is no national-park or UNESCO status within the immediate area.