Un borgo, un sogno da realizzare, nelle nostre colline.
"rallenta e goditi la vita. Non è solo il paesaggio che perdi andando troppo veloce. Perdi anche il senso di dove stai andando e perchè. ” Immerso nella quiete della campagna, circondato da un’atmosfera di pace e serenità questo borgo medioevale, che necessita di ristrutturazione, è un invito a vivere un’esperienza…
What it really costs
- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a full restoration project: at €30,000 for 600 sqm, the asking price is just €50/sqm, but with an estimated €1,100/sqm renovation the effective cost is about €1,150/sqm, far above the €290/sqm baseline. The huge size and panoramic setting add upside, but 323 days on market is a clear caution and caps the score.
More on the house and the area
The setting has genuine rural-borgo atmosphere with a soft panoramic hillside view and some appealing stone farmhouse character. But this is clearly not a ready home: the photos show a large neglected complex with rough, empty-looking spaces and no visible usable interiors, so it reads as a restoration project rather than a livable house. At €30k for 600 sqm it has strong dream potential, but the wow is held back hard by 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€238,000 – €351,000
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.
- Major full renovation required
- No bathroom or habitable interiors shown
- Overgrown courtyard and neglected exterior
- Roof and masonry appear aged and may need structural works
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.