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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 €39,000 for 110 sqm, the ask is €355/sqm, but with a full renovation need and no bathroom the effective cost is about €1,155/sqm (€355 + €800), well above the low-stock baseline of €650/sqm in Toscana townhouses. Good photos, terrace and rustic features help, but the missing bathroom and hill hamlet access limitations keep it only a fair renovation project.
More on the house and the area
This has genuine rustic Tuscan character: chestnut beams, cotto floors, a big fireplace and a sweet borgo setting down a stone lane. But the condition is firmly project-level, with cluttered raw interiors, visible damp/cracks and no bathroom, so it is not yet a usable home. At €39k the price is tempting, yet the wow comes more from potential than present-day liveability.
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, €800/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€22,000 – €39,000
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.
- Full renovation needed before it is realistically livable
- No bathroom is currently present
- Damp, cracking and very rough interiors are visible
- Access/parking is limited; small cars only and parking is about 100 m away
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 sits in the first relief of the Apuan Alps and the Serchio valley hill country. The Serchio river corridor is within this area, and the higher Apuan ridges rise nearby to the north and west. Part of this territory falls in the Parco Regionale delle Alpi Apuane. The nearest substantial town is Lucca, which has a complete walled historic centre and full services. The Versilia coast and the ski lifts of the Apuan and Apennine side are reachable by car, but they are outside the immediate landscape and do not affect the score. This part of north-west Tuscany is known for wooded hills, stone villages, chestnut country and olive terraces on the lower slopes.