Casa indipendente 7 locali, 127 m² in Via Martiri del Padule
Casa indipendente 7 locali, 127 m² in Via Martiri del Padule. Needs renovation, cancello elettrico, caminetto, mansarda, cucina, balcone, terrazzo, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Structure
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €419/m², the asking price looks low, but substantial renovation estimated at about €700/m² brings the effective cost to roughly €1,119/m², more than double comparable local stock at €533/m². The 127 m² independent house has attractive terraces, balcony, fireplace and high ceilings, but the listing does not state its legal or energy status.
More on the house and the area
This is a sizeable 127 m² independent house with a terrace, private garden, kitchen, multiple rooms, and attic space at a relatively low entry price. However, it is explicitly a renovation project, with a non-compliant staircase requiring reconstruction, no heating, and no verified visual evidence of attractive interiors, historic character, or views.
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€25,000 – €44,000
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.
- Requires substantial renovation, including demolition and reconstruction of the internal staircase.
- Heating is absent and energy certification is unavailable.
- No declarations of system compliance are provided.
- The gallery contains no actual property photos, so the terrace, garden, interiors, views, and condition cannot be visually verified.
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 63/100The cluster is in the Montalbano hills, a belt of olive-covered and wooded hills between the Arno plain and the Valdinievole. The Arno valley lies nearby to the south, shaping the wider lowland around Empoli. Vinci itself is known for Leonardo da Vinci, and the area is a landscape of small hill villages, farmhouses, vineyards and olive groves typical of inland north-west Tuscany. Empoli is the nearest larger town and provides rail links, hospitals, larger shops and everyday services. Florence and Pistoia are farther out and matter for work and transport, but they are outside the immediate landscape.