Casa indipendente
Casa Indipendente a Gavinana - Opportunità nel Cuore della Montagna Pistoiese Scopri questa affascinante casa indipendente (terratetto) situata nel suggestivo paese storico di Gavinana, perfettamente posizionata nel centro del paese con facile accesso ai servizi essenziali e ai negozi di prima necessità. Un'occasione…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €70,000 asking price is attractive at €583/m², but allowing about €200/m² for a well-maintained yet not clearly renovated home brings the effective cost to roughly €783/m², above the €705 local benchmark. Its historic-center location is a plus, though the listing does not say the energy class or provide much photographic evidence.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial, apparently well-maintained 120 m² townhouse in the historic mountain village of Gavinana, with four bedrooms, a usable kitchen, bathroom, storage attics, and pellet heating. It sounds like a genuinely livable home rather than a renovation shell, but its visual appeal, setting, and architectural character cannot be confirmed from the unavailable photo.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €13,000
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.
- Only a placeholder image is available, so the home's appearance and any views or exterior character cannot be verified.
- No garden, terrace, parking, or mountain outlook is documented.
- The listing provides no energy rating or construction-year information.
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 72/100The cluster is in the Pistoiese Apennines, with wooded mountain ridges and valleys around the upper courses of the Lima and other mountain streams. Much of the area falls within or against the Appennino Pistoiese landscape, and the Foreste del Teso and other chestnut and beech woods are a local feature. Abetone is the nearest ski area, with lifts around 15 km away by road. Cutigliano and San Marcello are the nearest small centres with everyday services, while Pistoia is the nearest larger town with a full historic centre, rail links and wider services. This part of the mountain belt is known for forest scenery, summer walking and winter skiing around Abetone.