Rustico/casale in Via del Bruno
A Santa Maria a Monte, sulle colline delle Cerbaie, un rustico di 220 mq come annesso per il tempo libero o per recuperare a villa con piscina. Se stai cercando una proprietà dove trascorrere il tempo libero, un luogo per ritrovare silenzio e pace nei momenti di svago, un luogo dove invitare gli amici nei fine settimana, questo vecchio magazzino...
What it really costs
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description explicitly says the 220 sqm rustic is an 'annesso per il tempo libero' and 'vecchio magazzino', so it is not currently a lawful dwelling and triggers a veto red flag. Even before works, it is advertised for leisure/storage use rather than a habitable house, making it unsuitable for this catalog despite the low asking price of €49,000.
More on the house and the area
The olive grove setting is pleasant and very Tuscan, with a nice sense of green space and weekend-retreat potential. But this looks much more like a rough outbuilding/project than a real livable house today, and the listing itself suggests recovery/conversion rather than immediate residential use. The land gives it appeal, yet condition and usability keep the wow firmly capped.
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€91,000 – €135,000
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.
- Rustico/annesso rather than a ready home, with no bathrooms shown.
- Heavy renovation or full conversion is likely needed before residential use.
- Some structures look very basic or deteriorated despite parts being roofed.
- Photos show land and olive grove charm, but not usable interiors.
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 49/100The cluster lies in the lower Arno plain on the Arno river, in a belt of flat land between Pisa and Florence with fields, embankments, canals and dispersed industry. Within this radius the main landscape feature is the Arno and the wetland edge of the Padule di Fucecchio area to the east, a large inland marsh shared with the neighboring provinces. San Miniato is the nearest larger historic town, set on a hill above the plain, with a substantial old center and a well-known white truffle tradition. The area around Santa Croce sull'Arno is known for its leather and tanning district.