Terratetto plurifamiliare in Fabbrica Curone
La casa è sita nell'alta Val Curone, nel comune di Fabbrica Curone, nella frazione Salogni. L'abitazione ha l'ingresso dal piano terra tramite scala con accesso dalla balconata. Il bagno è con la doccia ed è stato rifatto. La zona giorno è composta dal cucinotto con tinello, ripostiglio e balcone panoramico, perfetto…
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 €13,000 for 51 sqm, the asking price is €255/sqm; with light habitable-home updates estimated at ~€250/sqm, the effective cost is about €505/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €350/sqm. The redone bathroom, revised roof in 2025, garage and panoramic setting support the price, but original windows and stove-only heating keep it just below diamond level.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable little mountain-village house, with a private garden, balcony and lovely green valley views over rooftops to the hills. The interior is modest and old-fashioned rather than beautiful, but it has a working kitchen, redone bathroom and a recently revised roof, so it feels habitable now rather than a shell. At €13k, the price gives it real dream value even if the wow is more setting than house.
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€4,000 – €7,000
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.
- Very dated interiors and finishes.
- Heating appears to rely mainly on a stove, with bottled gas for cooking.
- Small house with low-ceiling attic used as storage, not full living space.
- Outbuildings/garage look basic and may need tidying or repair.
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.