Via di Santomoro, Pistoia
Via di Santomoro, Pistoia. Habitable, autonomo heating.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €16,500 plus an estimated €64,000 renovation allowance, the effective cost is about €252/m², roughly 48% below comparable Pistoia farmhouse pricing. However, the habitable claim conflicts with 0 bedrooms and 0 bathrooms, while the four-photo description provides little evidence of actual livability.
More on the house and the area
The Tuscan setting is genuinely beautiful, with rolling vineyards, wooded hills, farmland, and broad valley views that create a strong dream-of-country-life appeal. The 320 m² farmhouse is described as habitable with autonomous heating, which makes this much more promising than a simple ruin, but the lack of any house photos prevents confirming its actual character or livability. The exceptionally low price adds major bargain appeal, subject to verification.
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€21,000 – €36,000
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 gallery shows only countryside and vineyard landscapes, not the farmhouse itself or its interiors.
- The advertised habitable condition, utilities, access, and exact land arrangement should be verified carefully.
- At €16,500 for 320 m², there may be renovation, legal, shared-access, or agricultural-use complications not visible here.
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 55/100Pistoia sits in the Valdinievole plain at the foot of the Pistoiese Apennines. The Ombrone Pistoiese runs through the area. To the north, within this radius, the first Apennine slopes rise quickly with chestnut woods and hill villages, while the plain around the city is built up and cultivated. Pistoia itself is the nearest town of size and has a substantial historic centre with the Romanesque church of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas, Piazza del Duomo and the Ospedale del Ceppo. The city centre is on the UNESCO serial listing for the transnational Great Spa Towns of Europe only through nearby Montecatini Terme, not Pistoia itself, so there is no UNESCO status here. The area is known for plant nurseries, which occupy a large part of the plain around the city.