Rustico da ristrutturare con splendida vista mare.
Nel cuore più autentico della costa ligure, immerso tra vigneti e oliveti aggrappati alla ripida scogliera, sorge questo piccolissimo insediamento raggiungibile esclusivamente attraverso una suggestiva scalinata di oltre 1.200 gradini immersa nella natura. Un luogo fuori dal tempo, dove il silenzio è interrotto…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is explicitly a C/2 unit and says it does not allow residence or rentals, so it fails the basic requirement of being a legal dwelling. Even ignoring that veto, at €45,000 for 24 sqm plus heavy restoration (~€1,100/sqm), the effective cost is about €2,975/sqm versus a €521/sqm baseline.
More on the house and the area
This is a tiny stone cliffside rustico hanging above a huge blue Ligurian sea view, with terraces and paths that feel almost cinematic. The setting is the real star: wild Cinque Terre coastline, Mediterranean vegetation, and a genuinely off-grid-feeling hamlet. Interiors are extremely rough, but the raw shell and the panorama make it unforgettable for the price.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€10,000 – €14,000
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.
- Reached only via a staircase of 1,200+ steps
- C/2 storage category: not mortgageable, no residence, no rentals
- No bathroom currently; full renovation/reconfiguration needed
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of La Spezia, a naval and port city at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia on the Ligurian Sea. The gulf is enclosed by ridges of the Ligurian Apennine foothills, with short steep valleys immediately behind the city. The Montemarcello-Magra-Vara Regional Park begins nearby to the east, around the lower Magra valley and the headland above Lerici and Ameglia. The nearest substantial town is La Spezia itself, which has full city services, a port, rail links and a large historic centre. Within about 15 km the area is known for the gulf, the naval base and the eastern approach to the Cinque Terre landscape, though the core Cinque Terre villages lie farther west.