Rustico con boschi, sorgente, essiccatoi del 1800 Tornolo PR
Rustico con boschi, sorgente, essiccatoi del 1800 Tornolo PR. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, caminetto, taverna, esposizione esterna, terrazzo, impianto tv con parabola satellitare, cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €65,000 price looks extremely low at €4/m², but the 14,820 m² figure appears to include extensive land and the listing does not state the farmhouse’s actual floor area, so the comparison is unreliable. It needs renovation, has no photos, and the description provides too little detail to verify the building’s condition or habitability.
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, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€2,934,000 – €5,202,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
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 Ligurian Apennines are the immediate landscape here, with wooded ridges and narrow valleys around the upper Taro basin. The Taro river valley is the main geographic feature of this part of the province. The area lies within reach of the Parco Regionale delle Valli del Cedra e del Parma only farther east, but not inside it. The nearest ski area of note is Zum Zeri in the Apennines, roughly an hour by road depending on the hamlet. The nearest larger town is Borgo Val di Taro, which has the main services for this mountain section of Parma province and a railway on the Parma-La Spezia line. This part of the Apennines is known for woodland, mushrooms and mountain hamlets on the routes between the Po side and the Ligurian side.