Villa unifamiliare in Ventasso
Ventasso, Ramiseto. Stai cercando una "casa vacanza" nel nostro appennino? Dove poter passare il week end o l'estate con famiglia e amici?! Nella località di Fornolo proponiamo una casa singola con due unità abitative, una posta al piano terra e una al piano primo con ingressi indipendenti ed area cortiliva comune. 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 €87,000 for 150 sqm, the ask is €580/sqm; with a light habitable-refresh estimate of about €150/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €730/sqm, well above the local cheap-stock baseline of €408/sqm. The description is coherent and says utilities are active and the house is ready to live in, but as a mountain holiday home 45 km from the sea it does not get a location premium.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable mountain-area home: solid, maintained, furnished, with two self-contained units, working kitchens/baths, and a pleasant stone-faced exterior. The charm comes more from practicality and rustic touches like the fireplace than from spectacular beauty. Dream value is helped by the price and the usable garden/land, but it is more modest holiday-home charm than true wow.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €150/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€8,000 – €12,000
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.
- No proven scenic view from the house or balcony.
- Interiors are clean and habitable but dated rather than stylish.
- Outdoor courtyard/garden areas look plain and need tidying.
- The extra 1,700 sqm land is described as a short distance away, not clearly attached to the house.
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 72/100The cluster is in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. Within this radius are the upper Secchia valley and the ridge country around Monte Ventasso and Monte Cusna, with the Parco Nazionale dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano covering much of the area. Cerreto Laghi, the nearest ski area, is within roughly 15 km with road access from the Ventasso area. Castelnovo ne' Monti is the nearest larger town in the district and has the main services; the Pietra di Bismantova lies just beyond about 15 km, so it does not count for the score. This part of the Apennines is known for mountain pasture, forests, small stone villages and Parmigiano Reggiano production in the high hills.