Meldola
Tribunale: Forli RGE: 135/2022 PVP: 4611233 Piena proprietà di fabbricato di civile abitazione su due piani fuori terra, per il quale sussistono i requisiti di ruralità ai fini catastali, con annesso ricovero attrezzi e un capannone a struttura autonoma di medie dimensioni, destinato a ripostiglio e ricovero attrezzi.…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
Condition not stated in the listing- Sold at judicial auction
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
Must be done first
- Structure
- Roof
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial-auction listing for a rural colonico now described as a ruin with collapsed portions and abandoned outbuildings (not immediately habitable). Full restoration estimated ~1,100 €/m² → 306 m² gives an effective cost ≈ €408k (≈ €1,334/m²) vs regional baseline €290/m², so this is a high-cost, speculative rebuild and auction risk.
More on the house and the area
Photos show attractive, modernised interiors and a photogenic historic façade, but the written description makes clear the farmhouse has been abandoned and parts have collapsed. This is a project‑level buy — very cheap for the size and with character, but not a ready home without substantial rebuilding and restoration.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€121,000 – €179,000
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.
- Listing text says the original farmhouse is largely a rudere with portions collapsed and in degraded condition — not move‑in ready.
- The broker notes the photos in the ad may be indicative and not the real images of the auctioned buildings.
- Outbuildings show abandonment/unauthorised partitions and yards are overgrown; expect major clearance and renovation work.
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 first ridges of the Romagna Apennines begin around Meldola, with wooded hills and cultivated valleys rather than high mountain terrain. The Bidente river runs through the area. The Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna National Park begins farther up the Bidente valleys toward Santa Sofia and Campigna, outside the immediate surroundings. Forlì is the nearest larger town and provides the main services, rail connections and a small airport. The area is known in general for Romagna hill farming, orchards and access routes from the plain into the Apennine valleys.