Villa unifamiliare in Sorano
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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is explicitly an auction listing ('ASTA IMMOBILIARE'), which is a veto red flag for this catalog regardless of apparent price. The €77,311 ask over 110 sqm (€703/sqm) is not enough to offset the auction risk and mixed lot composition including agricultural/storage outbuildings.
More on the house and the area
The setting looks remote and green, tucked into a wild Tuscan mountain valley, which gives it some romantic off-grid appeal. But the gallery does not show the villa itself or any usable interiors, so the dream-home factor is hard to verify and livability cannot score high from these images alone. At the price, it may be good value, but visually this reads more as a location bet than a proven beautiful home.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- No actual house photos shown, so interior beauty and condition are unproven.
- Auction listing: practical/legal due diligence is essential.
- Very isolated rural mountain location may mean difficult access and services.
- Bathroom count is unclear in the facts despite the description mentioning one.
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 76/100The area is in the tuff country of the southern Tuscan interior, with ravines and cultivated hills around the Fiora basin. Sorano itself is one of the main tufaceous hill towns of this part of Tuscany, with a historic settlement cut into volcanic rock, and Pitigliano and Sovana are within the same local landscape. The area lies inside the Città del Tufo archaeological park system, known for Etruscan cave roads and rock-cut necropolises. Monte Amiata rises to the north-east as the main mountain mass of the wider area, but it is outside the immediate 15 km landscape. The zone is known for tuff settlements, Etruscan remains and inland Maremma countryside.