casa di paese in vendita nella collina di montignoso
semindipendente completamente da ristrutturare sulle colline di montignso con vista panoramica. Nella collina di montignoso vendesi semindipendente centrale su tre livelli abitativi, l'immobile richiedere di essere ristrutturato ed idealmente potrebbe così comporsi:al piano terra zona giorno composta da soggiorno ed…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €40,000 for 70 sqm plus a full restore estimate of about €1,100/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €1,671/sqm, far above the local baseline of €650/sqm for similar sub-€100k stock. The sea is about 5 km away and the panoramic hill setting helps a bit, but the listing explicitly says 'completamente da ristrutturare', so the renovation burden dominates.
More on the house and the area
The panoramic setting is the real asset here: hillside greenery, town-and-sea views, and even mountain backdrop make the location genuinely appealing. But the house itself is far beyond renovation-light territory, with collapsed floors, severe structural failure, and raw unusable interiors. This is a rebuild project in a beautiful spot, not a home you could realistically live in soon.
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€28,000 – €41,000
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.
- Interior is structurally collapsed with large holes in the floors.
- Requires complete reconstruction, not a cosmetic renovation.
- Currently uninhabitable with no usable kitchen or bathroom visible.
- Likely major structural and utility work before it can be lived in.
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 82/100The Apuan Alps rise immediately above Seravezza, with Monte Altissimo and the marble mountains of the Alta Versilia within the local landscape. The Versilia plain and the Vezza and Serra streams meet here before the short run to the coast. The Parco Regionale delle Alpi Apuane begins in the mountains just inland. The nearest ski lifts are the small Abetone area, roughly 1 hour 30 minutes away by road, so they are not part of the immediate setting. Pietrasanta is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and services, and Viareggio and Lucca are the larger nearby urban centres for daily needs. Medicean sites at Seravezza form part of the UNESCO World Heritage listing for the Medici Villas and Gardens of Tuscany. This area is known for marble quarries, the foothills of the Apuan Alps, and the transition from mountain valleys to the Versilia coast.