Casa indipendente
BELLISSIMA PORZIONE DI CASA PANORAMICA E SOLEGGIATA In posizione tranquilla e lontana dal traffico, posta su 3 piani, l'immobile è così composto: Piano Terra: lavanderia, stube e cantina 1° Piano: 2 camere e bagno 2° Piano: con travi a vista e incantevole zona panoramica, grande zona giorno con cucina abitabile e bagno.
What it really costs
- Only a share of the property is for sale
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is a 'porzione di casa' (partial house), which is a material limitation for many buyers, so it scores lower despite 120 sqm at EUR 82,000. With a habitable-style estimate of about EUR 200/m2 renovation, effective cost is roughly EUR 883/m2 versus a very weak baseline of EUR 683/m2 based on just 1 comparable, so this does not screen as a bargain.
More on the house and the area
The mountain-and-vineyard outlook is genuinely lovely, and the old stone-and-timber exterior has real rural Italian character. This is a proper house with floors, bathrooms and kitchen space already in place, not a shell, but the interiors are tired and show damp and deferred maintenance. Dreamy setting, usable bones, yet it needs meaningful work before it feels like a beautiful home to live in.
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€8,000 – €13,000
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.
- Needs clear renovation/refreshing before comfortable full-time use
- Visible damp/water staining and worn finishes
- Access is via steep external stairs and galleries
- Interiors feel basic/dated rather than ready-to-live
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 72/100The cluster is in the lower Vallagarina, with the Monte Baldo range on the east side of the Adige valley and the Pasubio and Piccole Dolomiti groups within the surrounding mountain frame. The Adige runs through the valley nearby. Castello di Avio is within this part of the valley, and Rovereto is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre, museums and rail services. The area is known for vineyards and wineries along the Vallagarina corridor. Skiing is not at the door here: the nearest lifts are on the Brentonico plateau and at Polsa-San Valentino, roughly a 30 to 40 minute drive.