Rustico/casale in Piazza Portella 20
CASTELLALTO. CASTELBASSO. Al centro del borgo, abitazione semindipendente posta su tre livelli risultante attualmente inagibile e destinata ad un intervento di recupero edilizio. La soluzione è dotata di ingresso indipendente ed i vari piani risultano collegati da una scalinata interna. Al piano terra sono presenti un ingresso, una cucina con retro cucina ed un garage. Il primo piano...
What it really costs
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The €40,000 price is €421/m², but the 95 m² property is currently uninhabitable and requires a full recovery estimated at about €110,000, producing an effective cost near €1,526/m² versus the €340/m² Abruzzo baseline. It is a legally residential property rather than a clear veto case, but the renovation burden makes the deal weak.
More on the house and the area
This is a charming, independent home in the center of a characterful Abruzzo borgo, with attractive historic brickwork, a pretty planted passage, and traditional paved lanes. Inside it is a real 95 m² house with a kitchen, bedrooms, floors, and stairs rather than a bare shell, but the declared inagibile status and visible structural/exterior deterioration make it a renovation project rather than a move-in dream 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€38,000 – €56,000
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.
- The listing states that the property is currently uninhabitable and requires building-recovery work.
- Visible façade cracks, peeling render, and serious deterioration beneath the main balcony require technical inspection.
- The gallery does not clearly show the bathroom or confirm that utilities are currently operational.
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 sits on low hills above the Adriatic coastal plain with the central Apennines visible to the west. The Adriatic coastline with beaches and railway stations at Giulianova and Roseto degli Abruzzi lies to the east on the plain. Teramo, the provincial capital, is the nearest city with a hospital, provincial administration and larger shops. Surrounding land is mixed small-scale agriculture: vineyards, olive groves and arable fields with scattered hilltop villages. Ski resorts on the Gran Sasso massif are inland and require roughly an hour's drive from the coast.