Carunchio
Tribunale: Vasto RGE: 1/2025 PVP: 4617598 Fabbricato costituito da un corpo edilizio terra ‐cielo, sito nel comune di Carunchio (CH), Via Umberto I n. 30, inserito all’interno di una fascia di casa in linea, accessibile dalla pubblica via tramite un accesso carraio a valle e solo attraverso un accesso pedonale a…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction, not a normal sale, and the listing warns the photos are not the real ones. At the asking price €5,288 plus estimated renovation €700/m² (€123,200) the effective cost is about €128,488 or ~€730/m², well above the local baseline of €417/m².
More on the house and the area
Photos (which the seller says are illustrative) show a pleasant modern interior, but the actual property is a 177 m², multi‑level townhouse offered at auction and described as needing renovation. Big potential for a roomy home at a very low price, but treat it as a refurbishment project rather than a ready-to-live-in dream.
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€35,000 – €62,000
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.
- Listing states the posted photos are indicative and do not show the real property
- Property is listed as 'needs renovation'—likely not move‑in ready and will require significant work
- Sale is by auction (procedural/legal steps) and utilities/condition details are not confirmed
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 hills of the upper Trigno basin, with the Apennine foothills rising inland toward the Abruzzo-Molise border. The Trigno valley is the main landscape feature within reach. The nearest larger centres are Vasto on the coast and San Salvo, which provide the main services, rail access and larger retail. This part of inland southern Abruzzo is known for small hill villages, mixed farmland and olive growing, with woodland on the higher ground.