Rustico/casale
In posizione riservata, tranquilla e immersa nel verde della campagna marchigiana, Quattropareti. com propone in vendita questa Proprietà Immobiliare dalle grandi potenzialità situata in località Pallotta, nel Comune di Montecassiano (MC). L'Immobile si sviluppa su due livelli per una superficie totale catastale di 348…
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At €50,000 for 348 sqm, the ask is just €144/sqm versus a €306/sqm Marche farmhouse baseline, but the text suggests a large rural property with accessory spaces and no clear habitable condition; using a ~€700/sqm renovation assumption gives an effective cost around €844/sqm. Very low entry price and good size support the deal, but missing condition details, 0 bathrooms in the listing, and mention of accessory rooms keep it below diamond level.
More on the house and the area
The setting is lovely: an isolated brick farmhouse in rolling Marche countryside with real rural atmosphere. But this is not a ready home — it reads as a large abandoned shell requiring major renovation before anyone could live there. At €50k the scale is tempting, yet the wow is held back by condition.
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€69,000 – €122,000
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.
- Appears to be a full renovation project with empty, open interiors and no visible bathrooms or kitchen.
- Roof and openings look incomplete/aged, so structural and weatherproofing works are likely needed.
- Overgrown surroundings and rural track access suggest significant site clearing and infrastructure checks.
- No evidence of current habitability or utilities 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 58/100This is a hill area of the lower Marche between the Potenza and Chienti valleys, with cultivated ridges, fields and scattered farmhouses. The nearest river landscape is the Potenza valley to the north and the Chienti corridor to the south. Montecassiano itself is a walled hill town, and within this radius Recanati is the nearest larger historic town, with a substantial old centre and Leopardi associations. Macerata is also nearby, with full town services and the Sferisterio arena. The Adriatic coast around Porto Recanati and Civitanova Marche is outside the immediate landscape but close enough to matter for daily logistics. This part of the Marche is known for mixed farming and hill towns between the coast and the Apennines.