Terratetto di 100mq con due cantine ed orto.
Situato nel caratteristico borgo di Campagnana, immerso tra le colline di Cantagallo e circondato da una natura incontaminata, proponiamo in vendita un terratetto di 100 mq. L'immobile ci accoglie con una resede pavimentata all'ingresso dove, varcata la soglia, si entra in un'ampia cucina abitabile arricchita da un…
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 100 sqm, the ask is €700/sqm; with no heating system, a reasonable light-modernization estimate is about €300/sqm, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,000/sqm. That is well above the local baseline of €650/sqm for similar low-cost stock, so despite the redone roof and decent photo count, this looks only fair rather than a strong bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house rather than a shell: it has a fitted kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms and a functioning fireplace, with the roof reportedly redone in 2000. The best wow comes from the quiet Tuscan hillside setting and green valley views, plus the little extra outdoor pieces like the small plot and wood-fired oven. Visually the house itself is modest and dated, so the appeal is more livable rural charm than dream-home beauty.
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€10,000 – €17,000
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 dated and need cosmetic updating.
- No heating system is installed.
- Exterior is plain rather than especially photogenic.
- Extra land/oven area looks basic and partly rustic.
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 68/100The cluster is in the northern Prato Apennines, on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine ridge. The Bisenzio valley runs through the area, with wooded slopes, small upland hamlets and the reservoir of Lago di Santa Maria just to the north near Vernio. Part of this mountain area falls in the Monteferrato and Calvana protected system to the south-east, while the higher ridge toward Montepiano and Monte Tavianella is the everyday landscape here. The nearest ski area is Doganaccia above Cutigliano, roughly an hour or more by road depending on the hamlet. Prato is the nearest city of size, with full services, rail links and a substantial historic centre; Bologna is also practical via the Apennine road and rail corridor. The area is known for chestnut woods, sandstone villages and the old Apennine routes between Tuscany and Emilia.