Terratetto plurifamiliare in Toano
STIANO: piccola porzione di casa ristrutturata nel 2005,parzialmente arredata, composta da: Piano Terra: ampia cantina con lavanderia e piccola area esclusiva; Piano Primo: balcone, ingresso, soggiorno con angolo cottura; Piano secondo due camere e bagno. Attualmente l' immobile è occupato da inquilino, il contratto ha…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €37,000 for 63 sqm, the asking price is €587/sqm; with light habitable/older-home work estimated at ~€150/sqm, effective cost is about €737/sqm, well above the local baseline of €472/sqm. It has also been on the market 265 days, and the home is tenant-occupied until 30/04/2028, which limits immediate usability for a buyer seeking a livable home.
More on the house and the area
The big win here is the open hillside view and a genuinely usable little home at a very low price. Inside it looks habitable with kitchen, bathroom, fireplace and some character from the beams, but it is modest, dated and not especially beautiful as finished. This feels more like a simple mountain-base home with charm than a true dream-house scroll stopper.
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€3,000 – €5,000
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.
- interiors are dated and somewhat dark
- small rooms with low/sloped ceilings upstairs
- ground-floor cellar/utility area is basic rather than polished
- currently tenant-occupied until 2028
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 70/100The cluster is in the northern Apennines, in the Reggiano mountain belt on the edge of the Secchia valley. The Secchia river system shapes the area, with wooded slopes, pasture and scattered ridges around the villages. This is within the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines landscape, and the Parco Nazionale dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano lies nearby along the main ridge to the south-west. The nearest ski area is Cerreto Laghi, roughly an hour’s drive depending on the exact hamlet and road conditions. Castelnovo ne’ Monti is the nearest larger hill town and provides most everyday services; the broader mountain area is known for Parmigiano Reggiano production and chestnut country. Bismantova, the isolated sandstone massif above Castelnovo ne’ Monti, is the main named landscape feature in the wider local area.