Località Giaggiolo, Civitella di Romagna
Tribunale: Forli RGE: 29/2025 PVP: 4610153 Piena proprietà del compendio immobiliare costituito da una porzione di edificio colonico residenziale costituito da piano terra che comprende una corte interna ed un volume edificato sempre al piano terra con vani destinati a cucina e pranzo; al piano primo due camere da…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction; listed price €35,859 plus estimated renovation €700/m² (114 m²) gives an effective cost of ≈€115,759 or ~€1,015/m². The ad also warns images are not real, which is a contradictory claim and adds acquisition risk.
More on the house and the area
Photos show attractive, modern interiors and a handsome traditional façade, so the setting feels very appealing. The facts, however, describe a farmhouse in need of renovation being sold at auction and the pictures are only indicative — this is a promising bargain for someone prepared to carry out restoration, not a move-in-ready 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€22,000 – €40,000
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 property NEEDS RENOVATION (auction sale).
- Advertised images are indicative and NOT the real photos of this specific immobile.
- No clear photos of the farmhouse’s actual exterior, courtyard or the agricultural land are provided.
- Sale by tribunale/asta — legal and technical checks required before purchase.
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 67/100The cluster is in the first Apennine hills of Romagna, in the Bidente valley. The Bidente river runs through this area. The Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna National Park begins farther up the same valley and is within about 15 km to the southwest, with forested Apennine ridges around Campigna and the Muraglione side beyond. The nearest substantial town is Forlì, which provides the main services, rail connections and a larger urban centre for the valley. This part of Romagna is known for mixed hill farming, woodland and small historic villages along the road from the plain into the Apennines.