Casa indipendente in Località Vivaia
Questa casa unifamiliare da completare si trova nell’affascinante borgo di Lari e offre la base ideale per realizzare una dimora personalizzata secondo le proprie idee. L’immobile è situato nel cuore del centro storico del paese e coniuga l’autentico fascino toscano con una splendida vista. La casa non è raggiungibile direttamente in auto, ma è comodamente raggiungibile a piedi dalla strada...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €85,000 for 111 sqm, the asking price is €766/sqm, but the house is described as 'da completare', so I estimate about €700/sqm in works, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,466/sqm. The local baseline is weak (Toscana country house median €973/sqm), so this looks only fair rather than cheap; historic-center setting helps, but no direct car access and incomplete condition limit the score.
More on the house and the area
The dream factor comes from the authentic Tuscan borgo setting, the little garden/terrace, and the wide green valley views. But this is not move-in ready: interiors are largely bare and damp-marked, with kitchen and bathroom to complete, so it feels like a real renovation project rather than an immediately usable home. At €85k for 111 sqm in Tuscany, the setting helps the value.
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, €700/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.
- Interior is unfinished and needs major completion before living in it
- Bathroom and kitchen are stripped out/not installed
- No direct car access; reached on foot from the road
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 58/100The area lies in the hills between the lower Arno plain and the Valdera, with mixed farmland, olive groves and wooded slopes. The nearest river landscape of note is the Arno plain to the north, while the coast around Tirrenia and Livorno is beyond the immediate 15 km radius. Lari has a substantial hilltop historic centre with a castle. Pontedera is the nearest larger town, with full services and rail links. The area is known for thermal waters at Casciana Terme and for the agricultural hill country of inland Pisa province.