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� PORZIONE DI CASA SEMI-INDIPENDENTE NEL CUORE DEL CENTRO STORICO DI MANOPPELLO Nel suggestivo centro storico di Manoppello, in provincia di Pescara, proponiamo in vendita una caratteristica porzione di casa semi-indipendente con ingresso autonomo, ideale per chi desidera vivere l’atmosfera autentica di un antico…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €667/m², the asking price is already 57% above the Abruzzo townhouse baseline of €425/m²; assuming €700/m² renovation for the unspecified condition, effective cost rises to about €1,367/m². The historic-center setting and 29 photos add appeal, but the lack of condition details weakens the deal.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely livable historic-borgo townhouse with a fully equipped kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, and attractive traditional details including patterned tilework, terrazzo floors, and softly vaulted ceilings. It is more charming than luxurious, with dated furnishings and some visible moisture staining, but the authentic character and €50,000 price make it a compelling affordable Italian home.
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€15,000 – €27,000
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.
- Interiors are very dated and would benefit from cosmetic modernization.
- Some ceiling and wall staining is visible; check for damp or maintenance issues.
- The advertised panoramic view is not clearly demonstrated in 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 72/100The Maiella massif rises immediately to the south-west, with the lower slopes and gorges of the Maiella foothills within this area. The Pescara River valley runs nearby, and the Tirino valley is not far inland. Maiella National Park begins a short distance inland on the mountain side. The nearest ski lifts are on the Passolanciano side of the Maiella, roughly a 30–40 minute drive. Chieti is the nearest town of size, with services and a historic centre, and Pescara is the main city on this side of Abruzzo for rail links, shopping and the airport. The area is known for the Maiella mountain landscape, hill villages on the edge of the massif, and olive-growing and vineyard country between the mountains and the Adriatic.