Rustico/casale in Contrada Scannella Inferiore
Immaginate di varcare il cancello di una tenuta che sussurra storie di altri tempi: un Casale di rara bellezza, custode di un fascino autentico che solo la vera campagna italiana sa regalare. Sì, il tetto in legno del piano superiore è crollato, e questo lo rende oggi un casale collabente — ma è proprio in questa fragilità che si nasconde...
What it really costs
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The €100,000 farmhouse is described as a collabente property with the upper-floor wooden roof collapsed, making it a major structural restoration rather than a sound renovation project. Estimated renovation cost is about €1,300/m², or €260,000 for 200 m², before other works.
More on the house and the area
This is a highly photogenic Abruzzo farmhouse with beautiful exposed stone-and-brick walls, traditional tile roofing, vaulted brick ceilings, a terrace, and a large grassy setting. However, it is fundamentally a restoration project rather than a usable home: the upper roof has collapsed and the interiors are bare, deteriorated, and missing visible living facilities.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,300/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€79,000 – €117,000
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 property is explicitly described as a collabente farmhouse with a collapsed upper-floor wooden roof.
- Interiors are raw and heavily deteriorated, with no usable kitchen or bathroom shown.
- Major structural, systems, and habitability work will be required before living there.
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 area sits between the lower hills of the Vestina zone and the eastern side of the Gran Sasso massif, which is visible inland and begins within roughly 15 km around Farindola and the Montebello di Bertona side. The River Tavo runs through this part of the province. Part of the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park lies within that radius on the mountain side. The nearest ski area is Passo Lanciano on the Majella, about an hour’s drive, so it is not part of the immediate landscape. Pescara is the nearest city of size, with a full range of services, rail links and the airport. Loreto Aprutino is known for olive oil production, and this stretch of inland Abruzzo is also associated with vineyards, hill agriculture and brick-and-stone historic centres.