Casa indipendente
IN ESCLUSIVA! L' Agenzia Carlucci Immobiliare propone in vendita nel caratteristico borgo di San Quirico, nel comune di Pescia, spazioso terratetto indipendente, disposto su più livelli, con doppio ingresso e senza alcuna spesa condominiale. L'immobile si distingue per gli ambienti generosi, la versatilità degli…
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Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €48,000 asking price is very low at €236/m², but the unfinished mansard, unspecified overall condition and likely modernization needs could add about €122,000, bringing the effective cost near €837/m² versus a local benchmark of €667/m². The independent house has generous space and a terrace in a Tuscan hillside village, but the listing does not clarify structural, planning or conversion feasibility for the attic.
More on the house and the area
A highly characterful stone townhouse in a beautiful historic Tuscan borgo, with traditional shutters, arched details, a terrace, and a substantial working kitchen with fireplace. The main living areas appear solid and usable, but the home is dated, vertically arranged, and partly unfinished, so it is more of a spacious live-in-and-improve house than a polished dream home.
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, €600/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€40,000 – €71,000
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 house is spread over several levels with only one bathroom shown/listed.
- The mansard is unfinished and the large cellar/storage areas are utilitarian rather than living-ready.
- No meaningful landscape or valley view is visible in the gallery; access is through narrow pedestrian lanes.
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 68/100The cluster is in the Serchio valley on the edge of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, with wooded ridges and narrow side valleys around Bagni di Lucca. The Lima river runs through the area and joins the Serchio nearby. The landscape is part of the mountain and valley belt that leads up toward the Apennine passes rather than the open Lucchesia plain. The nearest ski area is Abetone, roughly an hour’s drive depending on the exact hamlet. Bagni di Lucca is the nearest small centre with thermal-bath history, while Lucca is the nearest city of size with full services and major monuments. The area is known for spa history, chestnut and forest country, and road access up the Lima valley toward the Apennine border.