Rustico in Mezzane di Sotto
Se sogni una casa dove natura e tranquillità si incontrano, questa è la soluzione che stavi cercando. Nel cuore della Val Mezzane, circondata da suggestivi vigneti e da un contesto di assoluta quiete, proponiamo in vendita una caratteristica casa semindipendente disposta su due livelli, ideale per chi desidera vivere…
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 €85,000 for 60 sqm, the asking price is €1,417/sqm; adding a typical habitable refresh (~€200/sqm) brings the effective cost to about €1,617/sqm. That is far above your Veneto farmhouse baseline of €295/sqm, and while the listing is fresh and has decent photo coverage, the price looks very weak for this stock.
More on the house and the area
The real appeal is the setting: a tiny old house in vineyard country with lovely green valley views and authentic rural Veneto atmosphere. It looks genuinely habitable with kitchen, bathroom, heating and finished rooms, but the interiors are very plain and need refreshing to feel dreamy. This is a usable little home in a beautiful context, not a polished fantasy property.
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€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.
- Interiors are basic and dated rather than stylish.
- Low ceilings and compact rooms may feel a bit cramped.
- Directly on the road, so not a secluded country house.
- No private terrace/garden clearly shown with the house itself.
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 61/100The cluster is in the eastern hills above Verona, in the Val di Mezzane, with vineyard and olive-growing slopes and low pre-Alpine ridges leading up toward the Lessini Mountains. The Progno di Mezzane stream runs down the valley. The nearest larger city is Verona, which has full services and a major historic centre. To the north, within this hill belt, the landscape connects with the Lessinia area, known for stone villages, pasture and cherry growing in the valleys east of Verona. This part of the province is also known for Valpolicella and eastern Veronese wine production, though Mezzane sits outside the core lake or high-mountain scenery that gives some parts of Verona province their stronger national profile.