Vende indipendente - Castel del Monte
Via del Codacchio, 18. Piccola casa indipendente nel centro storico medievale di Castel del Monte (AQ), uno dei Borghi più belli d’Italia; inserita in un antico isolato edilizio del borgo, ha superficie catastale complessiva di circa 52 mq, distribuiti su due livelli. È una casa di dimensioni contenute, ma conserva…
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Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingRenovatedSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €37,000 for 52 m² (€712/m²), the price is already above the €425/m² Abruzzo townhouse baseline; allowing about €350/m² for the remaining work puts the effective cost near €1,060/m². The historic-center setting and character are positives, but the listing’s “Renovated” label conflicts with its partial renovation, low ceiling, basic heating, and single-glazed windows.
More on the house and the area
A highly characterful medieval-borgo home with barrel vaults, antique floors, rough historic walls, a substantial fireplace, and a striking stone-covered entrance. It is a real furnished house rather than a shell, with a functioning kitchen, bedroom, and recently renovated bathroom, though compact and somewhat basic for full-time living.
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.
Our read of the photos, €350/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€6,000 – €10,000
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.
- Only 52 sqm, with a particularly low ceiling in the secondary living room.
- Heating appears limited to the fireplace and portable oil radiators; windows have single glazing.
- No private outdoor space is shown.
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 85/100The cluster sits on the slopes of the Gran Sasso massif (Gran Sasso d'Italia), with high-altitude plateaus and peaks within about 15 km. The area lies inside or immediately adjacent to Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga. The Campo Imperatore plateau and its ski area (Gran Sasso) are on the same massif; the Campo Imperatore slopes and lifts are the nearest winter-sports facilities (drive from Castel del Monte typically around 30–40 minutes on mountain roads, depending on conditions). Rocca Calascio and the castle ruins above Calascio are within roughly 10 km. Santo Stefano di Sessanio is a few kilometres away and is a member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia. The nearest larger town is L'Aquila, which provides provincial services, a university, a hospital and main train links (roughly 35–45 km by road). The zone is known for high-mountain pastures, shepherding/transhumance, hiking and a cluster of medieval hill villages.