Casa abbinata con giardino a Brisighella
Casa abbinata con giardino a Brisighella. Habitable, autonomo heating, balcone.
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 €62,000, the estimated all-in cost is about €80,000, or €889/m²—roughly double comparable sub-€100k homes in the area. The house is habitable and includes a garden, balcony, and independent heating, but the price leaves little margin for a bargain.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely habitable 90 sqm townhouse with a functioning kitchen, bathroom, heating and a leafy private garden full of fruit trees. The brick-and-stone village setting, glimpse of wooded mountains and outdoor entertaining space give it real Italian-life appeal, although the interiors are modest rather than spectacular.
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€6,000 – €10,000
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.
- Interiors are fully usable but dated and visually cluttered, with some cosmetic updating likely needed.
- The narrow open staircase may be inconvenient, and the garden outbuildings and corrugated coverings look utilitarian.
- The mountain outlook is visible but partly screened by neighboring buildings and vegetation.
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 79/100The cluster sits in the first Apennine hills above the Lamone valley. Brisighella is a hill town with a medieval centre, the Rocca Manfrediana and Monticino, and it is listed among I Borghi più belli d'Italia. The Vena del Gesso Romagnola, a long gypsum ridge with cliffs, caves and badlands, runs through this area and is included in the Parco regionale della Vena del Gesso Romagnola; this gypsum landscape is part of the UNESCO listing The Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines. Faenza is the nearest larger town, with full services and rail connections, and the area is known for olive oil, vineyards and spa activity at nearby Riolo Terme.