Casa indipendente in manfredi s.n.c, Villa Minozzo,
In piccola borgata tranquilla e immersa nel verde ai piedi del Monte Penna casa con ingresso indipendente abitabile da subito, al primo piano e ultimo, ingresso dalla balconata, cucina abitabile, 3 camere da letto e bagno nuovo, al piano terreno stessa dimensione del piano primo, senza gradini adatto per persone con…
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 €47,000 for 160 sqm, the ask is €294/sqm; with a modest habitable-home allowance of about €250/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €544/sqm, above the low internal baseline of €408/sqm for Emilia-Romagna villas. The text supports legal residential use and immediate habitability, with two bathrooms and flexible space, but the mountain hamlet location and likely need for updates keep it from scoring as a standout bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house rather than a shell: kitchen, heating, bathrooms and solid exterior access are all in place, so it looks genuinely habitable. The setting sounds peaceful and green, but the photos show a very ordinary exterior and simple dated interiors with limited charm. At €47k for 160 sqm, the value is strong, but the dream factor is more practical mountain base than wow home.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €250/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€13,000 – €22,000
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.
- Exterior is plain and a bit tired rather than photogenic.
- No proven views from the photos despite the mountain-area location.
- Interiors look basic and dated, likely needing cosmetic updating.
- Ground-floor conversion potential is mentioned, but photos do not prove it is finished living space.
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 76/100The cluster is in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, with the ridge around Monte Cusna and the Alpe di Succiso within the local mountain landscape. The Secchia valley is the main river valley of this area. Much of the surrounding territory falls inside the Parco nazionale dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano. The nearest ski area is Febbio, on the slopes of Cusna, a short drive from Villa Minozzo. Castelnovo ne’ Monti is the nearest larger town, with the main services for this part of the mountains. The area is known for high Apennine pasture, beech woods and the Bismantova rock massif near Castelnovo ne’ Monti.