Via Vicinale di Santa Cristina, Sinalunga
Via Vicinale di Santa Cristina, Sinalunga. Habitable, autonomo heating.
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 €154/m², the €89,000 asking price is well below comparable Tuscan farmhouse pricing; even allowing roughly €115,400 for habitable-condition work, the effective cost is about €354/m² versus €480/m². However, 577 m² with only two rooms, no listed bathrooms, and just four photos makes the claimed habitability and actual usable area unclear.
More on the house and the area
The setting is genuinely attractive, with expansive Tuscan farmland, vineyards, woodland, and a dramatic mountain backdrop. However, there are no photos proving the farmhouse’s character or interior quality; it is described as habitable, but the absence of a listed bathroom makes real move-in readiness uncertain.
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€38,000 – €64,000
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 gallery shows only surrounding countryside, vineyards, fields, and mountain scenery—not the farmhouse itself.
- The listed zero bathrooms is a major livability concern despite the description calling the property habitable.
- Verify what the 577 sqm figure includes, plus utilities, access, and the actual condition of the building.
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 60/100The cluster sits in the Val di Chiana, with cultivated low hills and broad arable plain between Siena and Arezzo. Montepulciano is the nearest town of note, with a substantial historic centre on a ridge, and Torrita di Siena, Lucignano and Trequanda are also nearby hill towns. The Crete Senesi begin to the west, and the first relief of the Val d'Orcia and Monte Amiata country is farther south, but they are outside the immediate landscape. This area is known for cereals, olive groves and Chianina cattle, with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano produced nearby.