Casa bifamiliare in Strada Fagnano 43
Casa semindipendente con camino e possibilità di terreno edificabile Zona Cipressi A Città Sant’Angelo, nella tranquilla e riservata zona Cipressi, proponiamo in vendita una casa semindipendente su un unico livello, libera al rogito e pronta per essere trasformata nella casa dei tuoi sogni. Caratteristiche…
What it really costs
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The asking price is only €354/m² versus a €425/m² local baseline, but the vague description says it is ready to be transformed, suggesting renovation. At an estimated €700/m² refurbishment cost, the effective price rises to about €1,054/m², well above the baseline.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable, furnished two-bedroom home with a working kitchen, bathroom, fireplace and terrace/balcony rather than an empty renovation shell. It is modest and visually worn outside, but the interiors are livable and some windows reveal attractive distant hill and mountain scenery. At €28,000, the combination of immediate usability and a scenic Abruzzo setting creates real bargain appeal.
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.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€16,000 – €28,000
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 exterior facade shows significant peeling paint, staining and deferred maintenance.
- Interiors are functional but dated and basic, with a very compact bedroom and bathroom.
- The advertised possibility of buildable land is not clearly proven by the photos.
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 54/100The area sits on the lower hills between the Adriatic coast and the Abruzzo Apennine foothills, with a landscape of cultivated ridges, olive groves and scattered villages. The Fino River valley is nearby, and the Saline river system is also part of the local drainage toward the coast. Montesilvano and Pescara are the nearest larger urban centres, with full services, rail links, hospitals and the airport. The Gran Sasso massif is visible in the wider regional backdrop on clear days but it is outside the immediate 15 km landscape. This part of inland Pescara province is known for olive growing and mixed farming.