Rustico in Reggio Emilia
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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- On the market for a long time
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At €95,000 for 745 sqm the ask is only €128/sqm, but this is an F/2 collabente with partial collapses and structural damage affecting about 60% of structures/roofs, so it is effectively a ruin requiring near-rebuild-level works (~€1,400/sqm). It has also been on the market 257 days, and despite the low ask the restoration burden makes the effective cost far above the €290/sqm local baseline.
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The setting has real rural charm: mature trees, open fields and an ivy-covered old farmhouse with attractive arches. But this is not a usable home now — the photos and description show a heavily damaged shell with collapsed sections, so it is a redevelopment project rather than somewhere you could realistically live.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,400/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€295,000 – €436,000
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.
- Classified as collabenti/F2 and not currently habitable
- Partial collapses and major structural damage are visible
- No interior livability shown: likely no working kitchen/bathrooms/utilities
- Will require full reconstruction-level renovation, not a light refresh
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 42/100This cluster is in the built-up area of Reggio Emilia, on the central Po plain. The Crostolo runs through the city and the Secchia is just to the east. The nearest mountain landscape is the northern Apennine foothills to the south, but they are outside the immediate 15 km surroundings. Reggio Emilia is a provincial capital with a substantial historic centre, theatres, museums and full city services.