Rustici a Bernezzo – Un'opportunità da personalizzare
Rustici a Bernezzo – Un'opportunità da personalizzare. Needs renovation, garage, esposizione esterna, impianto tv centralizzato.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €39,000 plus an estimated €34,300 renovation, the effective cost is about €1,496/m²—far above the €265/m² local benchmark. The listing describes a customizable farmhouse with a garage but does not say whether it is currently habitable, and it provides no room or bathroom details.
More on the house and the area
The farmhouse has appealing rustic character, mature greenery, and a peaceful wooded-hillside setting. However, the interiors are raw storage spaces with no visible living facilities, so this is a bare renovation project rather than a realistically usable home today.
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€10,000 – €17,000
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.
- This is a substantial renovation project, not a move-in-ready home.
- Photos show storage/agricultural interiors with no bathroom, kitchen, or finished living space.
- The old roof and structures should be professionally checked; utilities and legal residential status are unclear.
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 62/100The Maritime Alps rise immediately west of Caraglio, with the lower Val Grana and the entrance to the Cuneo valleys within the local landscape. The Grana stream runs through the area and the Stura di Demonte valley is close by. The Parco fluviale Gesso e Stura begins around the Cuneo plain nearby. The nearest substantial town is Cuneo, which provides the main services, rail links and a larger historic centre. This part of the province is known for the transition from the Cuneo plain to the Alpine valleys, for orchards and mixed farming, and for access toward the Occitan valleys of the southwest Piedmont mountains.