Villetta a schiera in Via Castello 36
Follo - Via Castello: nel borgo di Follo Alto, proponiamo in vendita terratetto semindipendente su tre livelli da ristrutturare. L'ingresso principale è in un disimpegno da cui si accede a una camera da letto matrimoniale e ad una camera singola. Tramite una comoda scala interna si sale al piano superiore dove…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €28,000 asking price is only €341/m², but the townhouse is explicitly sold to be restored; allowing roughly €1,100/m² for renovation puts the estimated all-in cost near €1,441/m² versus about €503/m² locally. Its size and terrace are positives, but the renovation burden makes this a weak deal unless works can be completed far below standard costs.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, roofed townhouse with usable rooms, patterned historic floors, old doors, heating and a terrace overlooking an exceptionally beautiful Ligurian valley and mountain landscape. The setting and views are genuinely dreamy, but the interiors are dated and partly rough, with visible moisture or structural-repair concerns, so it is a renovation project rather than a move-in-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€32,000 – €48,000
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.
- Listed as needing renovation, with damp-looking walls, cracked ceilings and unfinished surfaces in several rooms.
- The house is spread over three levels in a steep historic-borgo setting, so access may involve many stairs.
- Only one bathroom is listed, and its condition is not shown in the photos.
- Kitchen and fittings are dated and may need replacement or substantial updating.
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 61/100The cluster is in the lower Vara valley between the Ligurian Apennine hills and the Gulf of La Spezia. The Vara river runs nearby. The Montemarcello-Magra-Vara Regional Park is within the local area around the Magra estuary and lower valley. La Spezia is the nearest town of size, with a port, rail station and full services. The area is tied to the Gulf of La Spezia and the eastern Ligurian coast, but the better-known cliff coast of the Cinque Terre is farther away and does not sit around Follo itself.