Terratetto unifamiliare in Borgo a Mozzano
CASA SPOLITANO un angolo di tranquillità nella verde Toscana. Mi trovo in Toscana, nel Comune di Borgo a Mozzano, più precisamente nella frazione di San Romano, un borgo antico e suggestivo adagiato sulle colline a circa 450 metri sul livello del mare. Qui, tra i boschi e la quiete, custodisco la mia storia e attendo…
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 €47,000 for 100 sqm, the ask is €470/sqm; with light habitable-condition works estimated at about €250/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €720/sqm versus a €650/sqm Toscana townhouse baseline, so it is not a bargain on pure numbers. The score stays decent because it looks genuinely livable, has 39 photos, heating, terrace/cellar, and the description is coherent for a hillside village setting.
More on the house and the area
This has real borgo charm: stone arches, a vine-covered terrace and a very atmospheric Tuscan hamlet setting. The house looks genuinely habitable with cotto floors, fireplace, heating and usable rooms, but it is not polished and would benefit from maintenance and cosmetic upgrading. At €47k, it feels like a believable live-in dream rather than just a picturesque shell.
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€8,000 – €14,000
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 habitable but quite plain and need maintenance/refreshing
- shared stair access to the terrace reduces privacy
- no real open view from the terrace, mostly village rooftops/buildings
- semi-basement/cellar areas may need work before being usable living space
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 cluster lies in the Serchio valley with the Apuan Alps to the west and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines to the east. The Serchio river runs through this part of the valley. Much of the surrounding area falls within or against the Parco Regionale delle Alpi Apuane. The nearest ski area is Abetone, roughly 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes by road depending on the starting point in the comune. Barga and Castelnuovo di Garfagnana are the nearest small centres with a full everyday service base, and Lucca is the nearest larger city with a substantial historic centre, rail links and hospitals. Barga is listed among I Borghi più belli d'Italia. This area is known for the Garfagnana and Media Valle del Serchio landscape of wooded slopes, stone villages, chestnut country and mountain views.