Villa unifamiliare in Sovramonte
Casa unifamiliare arredata, disposta su tre piani: ingresso con cucina, soggiorno, al secondo piano 3 camere (2 matrimoniali e una singola) e un bagno, al terzo piano soffitto mansardabile. Nella proprietà sono compresi due terreni. L'abitazione si trova in una zona ideale per escursioni e passeggiate, e altre attività…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €625/m², the asking price is well above the local €353/m² benchmark; allowing about €28,800 for habitable-condition updates brings the effective cost to roughly €825/m². The two included plots, garage and mountain setting add value, but 289 days on market suggests the price has been difficult to justify.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€10,000 – €16,000
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.
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 70/100Sovramonte sits in the foothills of the Venetian Prealps (Prealpi Bellunesi / Alpi Feltrine). The Cansiglio plateau and Foresta del Cansiglio lie within roughly 15 km and form a karst plateau with extensive beech woods. The Piave river runs through the valley below; the nearby town of Feltre sits on the Piave. Feltre (about 20,000 inhabitants) is the nearest town of size, approximately 10–15 km away, with a railway station on the Calalzo–Padova line, supermarkets and a historic town centre including the Duomo di Feltre. The location is south of the main Dolomite massifs; the major Dolomite lift-served ski areas are generally more than 30 km by road. The province contains parts of the Dolomiti (a UNESCO World Heritage site), but the core high Dolomite peaks are outside the immediate 15 km radius. The immediate surroundings are rural pre‑alpine hills with small villages and woodland.