Rustico/casale in Via San Giovanni di Dio 41
Se sogni una casa dove natura e tranquillità si incontrano, questa è la soluzione che stavi cercando. Nel cuore della Val Mezzane, circondata dai 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 lontano dal traffico senza rinunciare alla comodità dei servizi. ...
What it really costs
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At €85,000 for 60 sqm, the ask is about €1,417/sqm; assuming habitable condition from the description, the effective cost is roughly €1,617/sqm including light works. That is far above this catalog's Veneto farmhouse baseline of €295/sqm, and while the vineyard setting is attractive, the numbers make it look weak rather than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
The real draw is the setting: a small village edge wrapped by vineyards and green Val Mezzane hills, which gives it genuine live-in dream appeal. The house is not a ruin at all—it has a working kitchen, bathroom, floors and bedrooms, so it looks usable now, but the interiors are simple and would benefit from refreshing. Charming, livable countryside base rather than a full-on wow showpiece.
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 somewhat dated rather than stylish.
- The bathroom is very compact and tucked under the stairs.
- No private terrace or garden is shown with the house itself.
- Roadside position may reduce the idyllic feel despite the vineyard setting.
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.