Terratetto plurifamiliare in Fabbrica Curone
La casa si trova a Salogni, nella tranquillità dell'Alta Val Curone. Il piano terra è stato ristrutturato e con carattere rustico. Il salotto è accogliente e ha il camino a legna. La cucina è abitabile ed è dotata di due pratici ripostigli. Qui troviamo l'originale stufa in ghisa e il forno a legna. Le tre camere…
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 €27,000 for 80 sqm, the ask is €338/sqm; with a habitable-home renovation allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is ~€538/sqm versus a €350/sqm local baseline, so it is not cheap on a fully-loaded basis. Positives are the revised roof in 2025, 18 photos, garage and panoramic setting, which support a solid but not exceptional score.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house rather than a shell, with a lot of rustic atmosphere on the ground floor: stone vaults, fireplace, wood stove and a very characterful kitchen. The upstairs is simpler and dated but serviceable, and the revised roof helps the livability case. At €27k it feels charming and genuinely ownable, though the wow is more interior character than spectacular setting.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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 truly proven wide valley view in the photos despite the panoramic-view claim
- Upper-floor rooms and bathroom feel dated and need cosmetic updating
- Outdoor area/garage outbuildings are plain rather than romantic
- Bathroom is small and old-fashioned
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 63/100The cluster is in the upper Curone valley in the Ligurian Apennines, with wooded ridges and pasture around the scattered hamlets. The Curone stream runs through the valley, and this side valley lies close to the Parco Naturale Regionale delle Capanne di Marcarolo only farther west rather than inside it. The nearest skiing is small-scale Appennine skiing around Caldirola and Salice Terme-area uplands, roughly a 30–45 minute drive depending on the hamlet. The nearest town of some size is Tortona, which has rail connections, services and a substantial historic centre. The area is known for quiet Apennine villages, chestnut woods, mushrooms and the mixed Piedmont-Liguria mountain culture of the Four Provinces zone.