Casa colonica in Valsamoggia
casa in sasso su 2-3 livelli – 3 unità abitative - 198 metri - zona panoramica - via del segaticcio 2504 - vicinanze Tolè - da ristrutturare + piccolo edificio forno e pollaio – 8 metri da strada comunale – servita da acqua di sorgente – acqua pubblica a 30 mt. – non ci sono servizi igienici – circa 1000 mt di…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €75,000 for 198 sqm, the ask is €379/sqm, but with a likely renovation budget around €850/sqm the effective cost is about €1,229/sqm, far above the €290/sqm baseline for similar low-price stock in Emilia Romagna. The text says it needs renovation and explicitly has no bathrooms, with spring water instead of direct public connection, so this is only fair despite the panoramic setting and extra outbuildings/land.
More on the house and the area
This is a very atmospheric stone farmhouse in a genuinely pretty hillside setting, with rustic outbuildings, garden space and open rural views. The exterior has real old-world charm, but it is not a ready home: the listing says it needs renovation and currently has no sanitary facilities. Dreamy as a project, but condition keeps it out of the top wow tier.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €850/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€39,000 – €69,000
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.
- Needs full renovation
- No bathrooms currently
- Likely basic/rural services only
- Outbuildings also appear rough
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 68/100The cluster is in the northern Apennines, in the Reno valley, with wooded ridges and agricultural clearings around the settlements. The area is close to the Corno alle Scale massif and regional park, which lie within roughly 15 km to the south; the nearest ski lifts are at Corno alle Scale, about 30–40 minutes by road from Vergato. Vergato is the nearest service town and has rail links along the Porrettana line, shops and everyday services. Within the same stretch of valley are small Apennine centres such as Grizzana Morandi, an area associated with the painter Giorgio Morandi, and the landscape is typical of the Bolognese mountain fringe rather than of the Po plain.