Casa indipendente in Località Bottione
Sull’Appennino Parmense, a 790 metri di altitudine, vendesi ampia CASA di 182 mq, libera su tre lati, in un piccolo e tranquillo borgo di montagna, bellissimo contesto verde e naturalistico, a 15 minuti dal centro di Solignano. Si sviluppa su due livelli: • Piano terra: ampia TAVERNA con cucina, bagno di servizio,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €434/m², the asking price is close to the €388/m² local benchmark, but modernization of the interiors, single-glazed windows and inefficient heating could add roughly €91,000 (€500/m²). The sound roof and structure, working utilities, garage/parking and 44 photos support a fair rather than weak rating, though the remote mountain location limits demand.
More on the house and the area
A substantial, genuinely livable mountain home with handsome exposed-stone façades, original timber beams, terraces, and glimpses toward the Apennines. The interiors are old-fashioned rather than polished, but include a working kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, heating, and utilities—this is a refresh project, not a shell. At €79,000 for 182 sqm with two exclusive parking spaces, it has strong dream-home value for someone seeking an authentic high-altitude borgo lifestyle.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€21,000 – €35,000
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.
- Interiors are fully usable but dated and need modernization and maintenance.
- Energy class G, single-glazed wooden windows, and older mixed heating/hot-water systems may mean higher running costs.
- The home is in a quiet mountain hamlet at 790 m, around 15 minutes from Solignano, so access and services are not especially convenient.
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 67/100The cluster is in the Ceno valley in the Apennines of Parma, with wooded ridges and pasture around Varsi and the upper course of the Ceno river close by. This is the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine belt rather than the Po plain, and the daily landscape is a sequence of narrow valleys, chestnut and mixed woodland, and small hill villages on spurs. The nearest larger town is Borgo Val di Taro, which provides the main services for this part of the upper valleys; Parma is much farther away and matters more for administration than for the immediate setting. This part of the province is known for porcini mushrooms and upland food traditions, and for old route connections across the Apennines toward Liguria and Tuscany.