Reggio Emilia - stalla - fienile - stalla
PORZIONE Edificio adibito a stalla e magazzino, Reggio Emilia. Categoria catastale D10 con ampia possibilità di variazione destinazione d’uso secondo il nuovo piano regolatore, CON POSSIBILITA' DI COMPRARE TERRENO AGRICOLO NELLE VICINANZE. POSSIBILITA' DI CAMBIO DI DESTINAZIONE D'USO. PER ULTERIORI INFORMAZIONI FISSARE…
What it really costs
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is explicitly a barn/storage building ('stalla e magazzino') with cadastral category D10, so it is not currently a legal dwelling and depends on a future change of use. Although the ask is only €155/m² versus a €290/m² baseline, that is irrelevant here; it has also sat on the market for 408 days.
More on the house and the area
There is some rustic appeal in the long farmhouse form, brick base and beautiful vaulted stable interiors with columns. But this is clearly an agricultural building rather than a ready house: raw utility spaces, no domestic rooms shown, and a full change-of-use conversion would be needed. At €45k for 290 sqm it feels cheap, yet it is a project more than a livable dream home.
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€115,000 – €170,000
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.
- Not currently a home: former stable/store with no bathroom or kitchen shown
- Major conversion and full renovation needed before it is realistically livable
- Roadside setting in flat farmland, with limited privacy and no standout view
- Possible change of use is mentioned, so planning/legal checks are essential
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.