Palazzo - Edificio in Vetto
Vendesi in località Scalucchia (comune di Vetto e area Matildica) casa rurale in sasso priva di impianti e da ristrutturare (accatastata collabente, categoria F/2), con 8.000 mtq di terreno agricolo più 12.000 mtq di bosco. Periodo presunto di costruzione dell’edificio è il 1600. Questa proprietà, con una splendida…
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
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The building is explicitly described as accatastata collabente (F/2), without utilities and to be fully restored, so it is not currently a habitable dwelling; at 130 sqm, renovation is roughly €143,000, bringing effective cost to about €210,000 (~€1,615/sqm) versus a €248/sqm baseline. It has also been on the market for 267 days, which is a strong rejection signal.
More on the house and the area
The setting is undeniably dreamy: a secluded old stone house in woodland and meadow with mountain views and a lot of land. But this is not a usable home today — it is a roofed historic shell, registered as collabente and lacking utilities/fit-out, so the romance is real while livability is not. Strong atmosphere, weak condition.
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€51,000 – €76,000
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.
- Collabente F/2 and explicitly without systems: full renovation required.
- No interior photos; current livability is effectively nil despite the standing shell.
- Access is via rural track, so practicality may be limited.
- Protected landscape/context may constrain renovation choices, even if facade stone must at least be preserved.
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 71/100The area lies in the first Emilian Apennine hills, with ridges, wooded slopes and small cultivated valleys. The Enza valley is nearby, and the Secchia valley is not far to the east. The landscape around Canossa is known for the Canossa hill and the ruins of Castello di Canossa, tied to the medieval episode of Henry IV and Matilda of Tuscany. Part of the area falls within the Parco Nazionale dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano. Reggio Emilia is the nearest city of size, with full services and rail links.