Castrignano casa con giardino
In questi antico e caratteristico borgo collinare a due passi da Langhirano ti attende la sorpresa di una casa già abitabile, autonoma, con l'ingresso indipendente, il giardino di 250 mq piantumato con l'affaccio sul verde della collina e la vista della pieve di Castrignano. Apprezzerete da subito la tranquillità e la…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €95,000 for 154 sqm, the ask is €617/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €817/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €476/sqm, so it looks expensive for this catalog. The description is solid and the 250 sqm garden plus 90+ sqm accessory rustic outbuildings add utility, but the numbers still sit well above baseline.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable home rather than a project: furnished, heated, with kitchen, bathrooms and solid finished rooms throughout. The wow comes from the green hill views, the borgo setting and a few character touches like the fireplace and shutters, even if the interiors are modest and 1990s rather than truly beautiful. At this size and price, it has strong dream-to-live-in value.
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€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.
- Interiors are habitable but dated and would benefit from cosmetic updating.
- Exterior street facade is plain and does not show much charm in the photos.
- Garden and rustic outbuildings are mentioned, but not clearly shown in the images.
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 sits in the first Parma Apennine hills, with ridges and wooded slopes rising south toward the Appennino Tosco-Emiliano. The Parma and Baganza valleys structure this part of the province, with mixed farmland, woods and small hill settlements. The Parco Regionale delle Valli del Cedra e del Parma begins farther up the Parma valley, with the Boschi di Carrega regional park closer to the north-west near Collecchio. The nearest larger town is Parma, which provides the full set of city services, rail links and a substantial historic centre. The area is known above all for Prosciutto di Parma, with Langhirano at the centre of its production zone and the Torrechiara castle hill area nearby as a local landmark.