Rustico
Rustico da ristrutturare con anneso terreno di pertinenza composto da sei locali
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €45,000 for 150 sqm, the asking price is €300/sqm, but with a typical renovation budget of about €700/sqm the effective cost is roughly €1,000/sqm, far above the local baseline of €263/sqm. The description is straightforward for a farmhouse to renovate with attached land, but the discount is weak once renovation is included.
More on the house and the area
There is real rustic charm here: a long hillside farmhouse wrapped in trees, ivy and woodland, with a romantic old-country feel. But the photos show an overgrown, neglected building that needs major renovation and is not presented as a livable home now. At €45k for 150 sqm it has bargain-project appeal, yet this is dream-potential rather than immediate wow-to-live-in.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€30,000 – €53,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Full renovation project; not currently a usable home
- Overgrown sloping site may mean difficult access and higher works costs
- No bathroom shown and likely no functioning kitchen/utilities
- Some exterior elements look weathered and structurally questionable
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 Roero–Langhe edge country around the Tanaro valley, with cultivated hills and river terraces rather than high mountain terrain at the door. The Tanaro runs by Cherasco, and the Stura di Demonte joins it nearby. The Langhe wine hills begin within this radius, and the Roero lies immediately across the Tanaro. Bra is the nearest town of size, with rail services, schools, shops and the main everyday services for the area. Within about 15 km there are wine villages and historic small towns linked to Barolo and Roero production, and Pollenzo, a frazione of Bra, has the Agenzia di Pollenzo complex on the UNESCO World Heritage list as part of the Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato. The area is known for wine, especially Barolo and Roero, and for Cherasco's food traditions including snails.