Rustico in Recoaro Terme
Titolo: Vendita Casa indipendente 193 mq - 10 vani - Contrada Storti, Recoaro Terme Tipologia: Casa indipendente | Superficie: 193 m² | Vani: 10 | Locali: 5+ | Piani: 3 Descrizione Completa: In storica e caratteristica Contrada Storti, in posizione collinare soleggiata e tranquilla di Recoaro Terme, proponiamo in…
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 €40,000 for 193 sqm, the ask is only €207/sqm; assuming habitable condition at about €200/sqm renovation, the effective cost is about €407/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €290/sqm in Veneto farmhouses. The big size, independent layout, 9 photos, and inhabited-until-recently description support a solid value, but the hill location and included rustic outbuildings temper the score.
More on the house and the area
This has genuine mountain-house character, a sunny hillside setting and useful private land, plus a strikingly low price for the size. It looks like a real, roofed, habitable home with kitchen, bedroom and bathroom in place, but much of it is plain, dated and partly rough rather than truly beautiful. The wow comes more from the setting, rustic feel and bargain than from polished interiors.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/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€13,000 – €21,000
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.
- Interiors are dated and somewhat dark.
- Some ancillary/rustic spaces need recovery or renovation.
- Only one bathroom is shown.
- Exterior finishes and courtyard structures look basic and worn.
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 74/100The Piccole Dolomiti rise immediately above Recoaro, with the Carega group and the ridge of the Tre Croci and Campogrosso within the local mountain basin. The Agno valley runs through the area. The Parco Naturale Regionale della Lessinia begins just to the south-west on the high plateau side. The nearest ski area is Recoaro Mille, reached in about 15 minutes by road, with larger lifts at San Giorgio in Lessinia farther away. Valdagno is the nearest town of size, with the main services and industry of the valley. The area is known for mountain walking and for the historic spa of Recoaro.