Palazzo - Edificio in Mercato Saraceno
Rudere totalmente da ristrutturare zona riservata vista panoramica acquedotto comunale e servito da luce elettrica Giardino
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €80,000 (€889/m²), this 90 m² ruin likely needs about €99,000 in renovation, making the effective cost roughly €1,989/m² versus the €243/m² local baseline. The panoramic setting and utilities help, but the description is vague, photos are limited to 2, and the total-restoration condition makes this weak value.
More on the house and the area
The property has a genuinely attractive panoramic hillside setting, surrounding land, and a characterful old rural façade. However, it is explicitly a total-renovation ruin with no demonstrated livable interior, so it is a substantial restoration project rather than a ready Italian 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€36,000 – €53,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Advertised as a complete ruin requiring total renovation.
- No bathrooms, bedrooms, or usable interior spaces are shown.
- Access is via a rough unpaved lane; utilities appear limited to communal water and electricity.
- Roof and structural condition should be professionally verified.
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 area is in the first Apennine hills of Romagna, with cultivated slopes, small woods and the Savio valley nearby. The Savio river runs through Mercato Saraceno and shapes the local valley landscape. Cesena is the nearest town of size, with full services, rail connections and a substantial historic centre. This part of Romagna is known for mixed farming, vineyards and hill villages rather than for a single dominant landmark.