Casa indipendente in Piazza Cavallotti
Ai limiti del centro storico intera proprietà di notevole interesse storico, caratterizzata da doppi accessi, giardino privato alberato di circa 400 mq e ampie superfici. L'immobile, completamente da ristrutturare, si sviluppa su quattro livelli per una superficie complessiva di circa 550 mq ed è attualmente composto…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is completely to be restored, so the effective cost is about €1,280/m² (€99,000 + ~€605,000 works over 550 m²). The asking price alone is far below the weak Toscana baseline (€180/m² vs €892/m², but), and the large historic property with garden at the edge of the historic centre makes it a strong renovation-project deal.
More on the house and the area
This has real Tuscan dream-home atmosphere from the outside: a handsome historic mass with a surprisingly lovely walled garden, mature trees and an old well. But the actual house is clearly not ready to live in, with visible neglect, damp and full renovation needed throughout. The wow comes from character and potential rather than present-day livability.
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€218,000 – €322,000
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.
- Completely to be renovated; several interiors show heavy damp and decay.
- Usability is currently limited despite the big size; this is a major project, not move-in ready.
- Garden is beautiful but presently overgrown and needs full landscaping recovery.
- Likely complexity from five units/accessory spaces and historic-property restoration.
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 61/100This is hill country between the Val di Chiana and the Crete Senesi, with cultivated slopes, olive groves and fields around scattered hamlets. The nearest named landscape feature within reach is the Val di Chiana plain immediately east of Sinalunga. Montepulciano and Torrita di Siena are the nearest historic centres of size in the area, with services and intact old towns on hilltops. Siena is the nearest larger city for higher-order services. This part of southern Tuscany is known for cereal farming, olive oil and wine-growing.