Casa indipendente in Piazza Martiri di Cervarolo, 21, Villa Minozzo,
In piccola borgata di poche abitazioni tranquilla e immersa nel verde, porzione di casa ristrutturata disposta su due livelli con soggiorno pranzo e bagno al piano terreno e due camere da letto al primo piano. Garage al piano terreno in corpo staccato con ampia cantina taverna al piano sottostante e giardino…
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 €68,000 for 150 sqm, the ask is €453/sqm; with light habitable/ristrutturata costs of about €100/sqm, the effective cost is about €553/sqm, above the local baseline of €408/sqm. Good positives are 77 photos, heating, panoramic setting and year-round usability, but 289 days on market is a clear warning and caps the score.
More on the house and the area
This feels like a real, usable country home rather than a ruin: a habitable house with garage, terrace and garden in a quiet green hamlet. The strongest appeal is the panoramic mountain-valley setting and surrounding nature, which gives it genuine lifestyle value. Visually the house itself is simple and ordinary, so the wow comes more from the location than from architecture or proven interior beauty.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €100/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€5,000 – €8,000
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.
- Exterior is fairly plain rather than especially characterful.
- Photos shown are mostly outside, so interior charm/finish is not proven.
- Garden and terrace look usable but somewhat basic and dry at present.
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 78/100The Tuscan-Emilian Apennines are the immediate landscape here. The Secchia valley runs through this part of the province, and the ridge around Monte Cusna lies within the area; much of the surroundings falls in the Parco nazionale dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano. The nearest ski area is Febbio on the slopes of Cusna, a short drive from Villa Minozzo. Castelnovo ne' Monti is the nearest larger town with everyday services, and the Pietra di Bismantova is nearby in the same mountain district. This area is known for Apennine pasture, chestnut woods and mountain villages.