Terratetto unifamiliare in Borgo a Mozzano
Terratetto "CASA DEL MUSICISTA" con giardino in Vendita in Toscana, nel caratteristico paesino di Rocca nel Comune di Borgo a Mozzano. Il borgo di La Rocca (detto anche Rocca di Mozzano), è collocato sopra uno sperone roccioso, sovrastante uno dei punti più stretti, della valle del fiume Serchio, là dove il torrente…
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 €70,000 for 105 sqm, the ask is €667/sqm; with no heating and only 'habitable' condition, a light-to-medium update estimate of about €300/sqm brings effective cost to roughly €967/sqm, well above the €650/sqm baseline for Toscana townhouses. Positives are the garden, panoramic medieval hamlet setting and 22 photos, but the lack of heating materially weakens the value.
More on the house and the area
This has genuine Tuscan charm: beam-and-cotto ceilings, a fireplace, a garden, and a very evocative medieval hilltop setting. It is a real house rather than a shell, with usable kitchen, bedroom and bathroom spaces, but it feels simple and a bit tired rather than polished. The rough cellar level and lack of heating keep it below dream-home territory, though €70k for this much character in Tuscany has clear appeal.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €300/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€11,000 – €18,000
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.
- No heating system is present
- Interiors are habitable but quite basic and need updating
- One lower-level cellar/storage area appears rough and unfinished
- Views are described more than strongly 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 72/100The cluster is in the Serchio valley between the main ridge of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines to the north and the Apuan Alps farther west. The Serchio river runs through Borgo a Mozzano. Much of the surrounding mountain area falls within the Parco Regionale delle Alpi Apuane and the edge of the Orrido di Botri nature reserve area is within the wider mountain hinterland. Abetone and Val di Luce ski lifts are the nearest substantial ski area, roughly 1 to 1.5 hours by road depending on the exact hamlet. Lucca is the nearest town of size, with complete services and a major walled historic centre; Castelnuovo di Garfagnana is the main smaller centre up-valley. Borgo a Mozzano is known for the Ponte della Maddalena, also called Ponte del Diavolo, over the Serchio.