Casa colonica in Santa Maria della Versa
In frazione collinare a 4 km dal centro del paese, vecchia casa di campagna in pietra (intonacata molti anni fa, ma è possibile metterla a vista) su 2 livelli oltre soffitta, composta da soggiorno con camino, cucina abitabile e bagno al piano terra, 2 camere matrimoniali e camera piccola al primo piano. Completa la…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €15,000 for 110 sqm, the asking price is just €136/sqm; with an estimated habitable-refresh cost of about €250/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €386/sqm, essentially in line with the Lombardia farmhouse baseline of €389/sqm. The price is attractive for a stone country house with 13 photos, fireplace and outbuilding, but the hillside hamlet location 4 km from town keeps it from scoring as an exceptional bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable farmhouse rather than a ruin: there is a functioning kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms and a fireplace, so you could live in the main house while improving it. The appeal is mostly in the rustic bones, cheap price and extra brick outbuilding, but the visuals are modest and the condition is tired rather than dreamy. It feels like a practical low-cost project with some character, not a scroll-stopping Italian fantasy home yet.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €250/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€9,000 – €15,000
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.
- Main house is habitable but very dated and plain inside
- Exterior needs substantial restoration and facade work
- Outbuilding appears partially open/raw and needs major renovation
- No notable view or standout setting shown in the photos
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 58/100This is in the Val Tidone hill country at the edge of the first Ligurian Apennine ridges, with cultivated slopes, vineyards and small wooded valleys. The Tidone valley is the main local landscape feature. Pianello Val Tidone is the nearest small centre of note, and larger services are in the Piacenza direction. The area is known for wine production, especially Gutturnio and other Colli Piacentini wines.