Villa unifamiliare in Meldola
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE 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?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingHabitableThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
Must be done first
- Damp
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction (buy via tribunal) and the description notes rurality and storage/annex buildings that may limit residential use. Price is €71,719 (≈€386/m²) vs regional median ~€359/m², but the auction/legal risks make this a trap until you consult court docs and an attorney.
More on the house and the area
A rural farmhouse with some appealing original features (timber beams, brick porch/columns and outbuildings) and a generous plot, but the photos show heavy neglect, damp and clutter throughout. This is a renovation project rather than a move-in-ready dream home; good bones but expect substantial works and legal checks if buying at auction.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €21,000
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.
- Interior full of debris, damp and peeling plaster — needs deep cleaning and mold remediation
- Many rooms look derelict with broken floors/fixtures and no visible bathrooms; significant renovation required
- Sold at auction — check legal/title and access to utilities before bidding
- Possible structural/roof repairs and costs despite roof largely present; get a technical survey
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 62/100The cluster is in the first Romagna foothills where the plain gives way to the Apennines, with the Bidente valley running through Meldola and the hill country of the Forlivese within a few kilometres. The Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna National Park begins inland to the southwest, with the Campigna forest and the ridge roads of the northern Apennines within about 15 km of the upper valley side of this area. Meldola is the nearest town of size for daily services, and Forlì is the nearest larger city with a full range of shops, rail links and hospitals. This part of Romagna is known for orchard and vineyard country on the plain edge and for the road inland toward the Bidente and Campigna valleys.