Rustico con progetto approvato
RUSTICO CON PROGETTO APPROVATO. autonomo heating, garage, cantina, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
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At €90,000 (€608/m²), this 148 m² rustic property is already well above the local €359/m² benchmark, and the approved project still implies substantial restoration costs. The listing does not say whether it is currently habitable or provide enough detail to verify the final scope of works.
More on the house and the area
This is a characterful Lombard farmhouse with exposed timber roofing, brick arches and an appealing traditional structure. However, the real interiors are unfinished and bare, while the stylish livable rooms shown are renderings, so it is a renovation project rather than a ready home.
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€59,000 – €87,000
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.
- The attractive modern interiors appear to be proposed renderings, not the current condition.
- The actual property is a raw, unfinished shell requiring substantial renovation despite the existing roof and farmhouse structure.
- Bathrooms, kitchen, utilities and final project costs are not evidenced 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 42/100This is the eastern Milan plain on the line of the Naviglio Martesana and the Adda river corridor. The Adda runs nearby and the Parco Adda Nord begins within this area, with riverbank woods, old hydroelectric works and the Leonardo canal landscape around Vaprio d’Adda and Trezzo sull’Adda. The nearest larger towns are Gorgonzola, Treviglio and the eastern edge of metropolitan Milan, so daily life is tied to a settled suburban-agricultural belt with rail, services and industry. Trezzo sull’Adda has the Visconti castle remains on the river. The area is known for the Martesana canal settlements and for intensive farming on the Lombard plain.