Rustico/casale in Cimavalle 14
Situato nella pittoresca località di Imberido, questo rustico su più livelli offre una perfetta combinazione di tranquillità e comodità. La zona, rinomata per la sua serenità e la bellezza naturale. Caratteristiche dell'immobile: Struttura su più livelli: Il rustico si sviluppa su più livelli, ciascuno caratterizzato…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €25,000 (€110/m²), the headline price is exceptionally low, but this 227 m² rustico has no stated condition or bathrooms and should be budgeted as a substantial renovation of roughly €159,000. The effective cost would be about €810/m², well above the local comparison level of €357/m²; the listing also does not say whether all listed spaces are legally residential.
More on the house and the area
The property has genuine rustic character, including exposed stone, old timber beams, brickwork, and a balcony around a traditional courtyard. However, the interior is essentially an unconverted farmhouse/storage complex rather than a livable home, so the low price reflects significant renovation needs.
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€45,000 – €80,000
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.
- This is a substantial renovation project, with no bathroom shown or listed and no usable kitchen.
- Interiors are mostly storage/workshop spaces with damp-looking walls, worn floors, and aged timber ceilings.
- The listing claims panoramic surroundings, but the photos do not prove a meaningful view; access is through shared courtyard areas and stairs.
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 Brianza hills between the Adda valley and the lower foothills of the Prealpi Lombarde. Monte Brianza rises directly above this area, and the Adda runs a short distance to the west with the lakes of Garlate and Olginate nearby. The Montevecchia e Valle del Curone Regional Park begins a few kilometres to the south-west, with wooded ridges, fields and old farm hamlets. Lecco is the nearest town of size, with rail links, services and the branch of Lake Como at its edge. This part of Brianza is known for hill villages, mixed woodland and cultivated terraces rather than for a single monument or resort landscape.