Rustico/casale in Via Gaggioli
Rif. : Rustico Albosaggia NO0110PI La Baita Case VALTELLINA: VENDO RUSTICO libero su 3 lati nel Comune di Albosaggia (SO), situato in una posizione tranquilla e panoramica, immersa nella natura, ma facilmente raggiungibile durante tutto l’anno. La proprietà si trova a pochi minuti dal centro del paese. L’immobile si sviluppa su più livelli ed è attualmente oggetto di...
What it really costs
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This 78 sqm rustico is priced at €49,750 (€638/sqm), but assuming a full restoration at about €1,100/sqm brings the effective cost to roughly €1,738/sqm. That is far above the local cheap-stock baseline of €387/sqm, so despite the panoramic setting and 32 photos, it looks weak on value unless the unfinished condition is much better than implied.
More on the house and the area
The best asset here is the setting: a genuine mountain-valley panorama, greenery, and usable outdoor land around a characterful stone farmhouse. It is clearly a real house rather than a shell, with kitchen, floors, bedroom and bathroom-level livability, but the interiors are plain and improvised rather than truly beautiful. This feels dreamable for the view and rustic atmosphere, yet it still reads as a modest, partly renovated home rather than a wow turnkey retreat.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€31,000 – €46,000
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 basic and only partly updated, not a polished dream-home finish
- Exterior outbuildings/ancillary parts look rough and may need repair
- Likely heating/layout compromises shown by exposed stove pipe and simple stair
- Listing is described as a rustico and appears to need some further finishing/verification
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 74/100The cluster sits in the Valtellina with the Orobie Alps immediately to the south and the Rhaetian Alps on the opposite side of the valley. The Adda runs along the valley floor. Much of the mountainside above Albosaggia is inside the Parco delle Orobie Valtellinesi. The nearest town of size is Sondrio, which has the province’s main services and a substantial historic centre. The area is known for terraced vineyards on the Valtellina slopes and for mountain valleys opening toward the Bernina and Stelvio sectors farther east.