Rustico/casale
CASATENOVO: In una delle zone più tranquille e verdeggianti di Casatenovo, precisamente lungo la comoda via Torriggia, proponiamo in vendita un rustico di 70 mq. completamente indipendente e libero su tutti e quattro i lati. Il vero punto di forza di questa soluzione è la straordinaria comodità d'accesso, garantita da…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This independent 41,500-euro rustic property appears to require a full restoration; at about 1,100 euros/m², the effective cost is roughly 1,580 euros/m², far above the local 348 euros/m² benchmark. The description says 70 m² while the listing states 92 m², and it does not clarify habitability, utilities, bathrooms, or conversion status.
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€36,000 – €54,000
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.
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 57/100This area sits in the Brianza hills between the Lambro valley and the first prealpine belt. Montevecchia and the Curone valley are within reach, with the Parco Regionale di Montevecchia e della Valle del Curone just to the east and south-east, a protected hill landscape of woods, terraces and farmland. The Adda river is not far to the east around Imbersago and Paderno. Lecco is the nearest larger town, with a lakefront on Lake Como and rail links, but it lies beyond the immediate 15 km landscape. The area is known for the settled Brianza countryside of villas, small woods, cultivated land and dense village fabric.