The calculator
€1 is the headline. This is the price.
Every cost between the famous headline and a habitable house — deposit, notary, survey, translation, building work and the contingency nobody budgets. No email required, no account, and the same numbers we use ourselves.
How are you buying?
Size
Condition
To a finished, habitable house
€65k–€128k
- Purchase price
- €1
- Comune deposit
- €1k–€5k
- Notary, registration and taxes
- €3k–€5k
- Geometra survey and technical checks
- €1k–€3k
- Translation and paperwork
- €800–€2k
- Full renovation (~90 m²)
- €54k–€99k
- Contingency (10–15% of works)
- €5k–€15k
Refunded when the renovation completes on schedule.
Higher for non-residents buying as a second home.
Non-negotiable. Half of scheme properties have cadastral errors.
Sworn translation of the deed is required if you don't speak Italian.
Planning range. Only a survey and builder quotes narrow this.
Old buildings keep secrets until the plaster comes off.
Planning ranges, not quotes — consistent with what scheme comuni themselves publish, plus the professional fees they don't mention. A survey and written builder quotes are the only way to narrow them.
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This calculator as a spreadsheet, plus the five documents around it.
The Buyer's Kit is the offer letter in Italian and English, the notary checklist with the 2025 tax figures, the builder quote template that makes three quotes comparable, the codice fiscale and bank walkthrough, this model as an editable file, and the list of what will annoy you. £49, credited against Buying Support.