Rustico/Casale in Residenziale
OCCASIONE UNICA NELLE COLLINE PIACENTINE! Nel cuore delle splendide colline di Pianello Val Tidone (PC), a circa 400 metri di altitudine, proponiamo una proprieta dal grande potenziale, immersa nella tranquillita e circondata da un panorama mozzafiato.Su un lotto di circa 10 pertiche piacentine, in posizione riservata…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description says this is a 228 sqm tettoia/ricovero attrezzi agricoli with only a possible future change of use, so it is not currently a legal dwelling. At €35,000 (€154/sqm) it looks cheap versus the €292/sqm baseline, but that comparison is not meaningful for a non-residential agricultural/storage building.
More on the house and the area
The setting is genuinely lovely, with open green hills and a peaceful panoramic position. But the structure shown is essentially a large shed rather than a usable house, so this is a build/convert project, not a place you could realistically move into now. The low price helps, yet the wow is mostly in the land and view rather than the home itself.
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€90,000 – €133,000
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.
- It is currently just an agricultural shed, not a finished home.
- Residential conversion appears only as a possibility, so permissions must be verified.
- No real interior living spaces, kitchen or bathroom are shown.
- Rural setting may mean utility and access work.
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 56/100The area sits in the lower Val Tidone, with the first hills of the Piacentine Apennines close to the south and a landscape of cultivated slopes, small valleys and scattered villages. The Tidone river runs through the valley. Pianello Val Tidone is the nearest small hill centre, and Piacenza is the nearest city of size, with full services, rail connections and a substantial historic centre. This part of western Emilia is known for wine production, especially Gutturnio and other Colli Piacentini vineyards.