Villetta a schiera
In una posizione centralissima a Toppo, frazione di Travesio, vi attende un'interessante villetta a schiera disposta su due livelli, pronta da vivere fin da subito grazie alle sue ottime condizioni generali. Varcata la soglia del piano terra, veniamo accolti da una zona giorno open space, completata da un ripostiglio e da un pratico bagno di servizio per gli ospiti. Al...
What it really costs
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The townhouse is described as ready to live in and has strong basics (132 m², garden, terrace, 17 photos), but at €88,000 its effective cost is about €867/m² after modest habitable-condition costs, versus a €421/m² Friuli baseline. The central setting helps, but the price is roughly double the local sub-€100k median.
More on the house and the area
A spacious, immediately livable townhouse with a genuinely attractive mountain backdrop, private garden, covered outdoor areas, and a sunny practical layout. The interiors are modest and old-fashioned rather than design-led, but the house appears solid, furnished, and ready to live in without major renovation.
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€9,000 – €15,000
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 clean and usable but visibly dated, with furnishings and finishes likely needing modernization.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a 132 sqm, four-bedroom home.
- The house is in a residential village setting rather than a secluded countryside location.
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 68/100The cluster sits at the foot of the Friulian Prealps, with the first ridges of the Valcellina and Val Colvera area immediately north of town. The Cellina torrent runs nearby, and the gorge and lake area of Barcis and the entrance to the Parco Naturale delle Dolomiti Friulane are within roughly this mountain belt, though the core park lies farther in. The nearest ski lifts are the small Piancavallo area, about 40 minutes by road. Maniago is the nearest town of size and has a substantial historic centre, services, and is known nationally for knife-making.