Casa indipendente in Località Quadalto 4
**Casa Indipendente Terra-Tetto a Palazzuolo sul Senio - Opportunità di Investimento** Scopri questa affascinante casa indipendente terra-tetto situata a poca distanza dal suggestivo centro storico di Palazzuolo sul Senio, nelle immediate vicinanze del fiume Senio. Una proprietà con grande potenziale, perfetta per chi…
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At €69,000 for 155 sqm, the asking price is only €445/sqm versus a €700/sqm local baseline, a solid discount. The text frames it as an investment with 'grande potenziale' and a home to personalize, so I assume needs-renovation at about €700/sqm; that makes the effective cost ordinary rather than a steal, but the size, detached format and near-historic-center setting keep it attractive.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine old Tuscan house with some appealing character: beams, a big fireplace, stone cellar spaces and a private garden by the greenery. It looks structurally like a real, roofed, usable home rather than a shell, but the living spaces are worn and outdated and would need substantial refreshing to feel comfortable. The charm is real, yet the wow comes more from potential and value than from immediate beauty.
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€31,000 – €55,000
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 very dated and need significant modernization.
- Only one small, basic bathroom is visible.
- No real panoramic view shown; setting is green but not dramatic.
- Garden is usable but plain and not yet landscaped.
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 area is in the Tuscan-Romagnol Apennines, with wooded ridges and narrow valleys around the upper Senio valley. The Senio river runs through the area. Much of the surrounding landscape falls within or against the Parco nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna on the Tuscan-Romagnol mountain spine. The nearest ski area is on Monte Faggiola above the Firenzuola side, with larger lifts on Monte Cimone reached by a longer drive across the Apennines. The nearest town of some size is Borgo San Lorenzo in the Mugello, which has rail links, services and supermarkets; on the Romagna side, Riolo Terme and Faenza are the main service centres reached down-valley. Palazzuolo sul Senio is included in I Borghi più belli d'Italia. The area is known for chestnut woods, mountain roads and the historic links between Tuscany and Romagna across the passes.