Casa di paese in vronco, s.n.c, Vezzano sul Crostolo
Porzione di casa in posizione tranquilla, completamente da ristrutturare, composta da due unità abitative adiacenti con annesso giardino di 250 mq. su due lati e terreno di 613 mq.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Only a share of the property is for sale
- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is a porzione di casa (partial property), which is a major legal/usability drawback, and it has been on the market 422 days. At €85,000 plus an estimated full restoration cost of about €1,100/m² for 190 m², the effective cost is roughly €1,547/m² versus a very low baseline of €290/m², so it does not screen as a bargain.
More on the house and the area
The old stone farmhouse has genuine rustic character, a decent roofline, and a useful garden/plot in a quiet green hillside setting. But the interiors are very tired and basic rather than charmingly preserved, and the listing explicitly says it is completely to be renovated. This feels like a substantial project with potential, not yet a beautiful livable 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€75,000 – €111,000
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.
- Completely to be renovated
- Interiors look basic and partly stripped, not move-in ready
- No proven views beyond a pleasant hilly setting
- Likely layout/utility work needed for two adjoining units
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 58/100The cluster lies in the first Reggiano Apennine hills, with wooded ridges and small cultivated valleys around the Crostolo valley. The Crostolo runs through the area. The nearest larger town is Reggio Emilia, which provides the main rail links, services and historic centre. Within this part of the province the landscape is known for mixed hill farming, woodland and the transition from the Po plain to the Apennine foothills.