Soluzione indipendente con giardino
La proprietà si divide in due unità distinte: 1. Abitazione principale: Soggiorno, cucina abitabile, bagno e camera da letto al livello superiore. 2. Seconda unità: Un secondo corpo di fabbrica su due livelli dove ricavare un'abitazione indipendente con zona giorno al piano terra e zona notte con bagno al primo…
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 €93,000 for 95 sqm, the asking price is already €979/sqm versus a very low local baseline of €408/sqm; with a full restoration implied by 'completamente da ristrutturare', estimated total cost rises to about €2,079/sqm. The listing includes multiple ancillary spaces and a second building body to convert, but as a livable-home project it looks expensive for its condition.
More on the house and the area
There is some rustic appeal here: exposed beams, fireplaces, an arched entry and a useful private garden with extra outbuildings. But the current reality is a full renovation project, not a ready Italian dream home: several rooms are stripped, dirty and dated, with visible moisture wear and unfinished spaces. It feels more like a flexible rebuild opportunity than an immediately lovable house.
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€38,000 – €56,000
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.
- Completely to be renovated, with some rooms very rough and damp-marked
- Interiors are currently not truly livable despite existing bathroom and heating
- Roadside setting with overhead wires reduces charm
- Second unit/rustico may involve substantial works and layout creation
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 58/100The area sits on the first hills where the Secchia valley leaves the Apennines and the land alternates between wooded slopes, fields and scattered settlements. The Secchia river is the main natural feature nearby. Within about 15 km the landscape is tied to the foothills of the northern Apennines rather than to a single protected or officially designated site. Sassuolo is the nearest larger town and provides the main services and rail connection; this is also the core of the ceramic district for which the area is known.