Fara Gera d'Adda: rustico indipendente
Nel centro storico di Fara Gera d'Adda proponiamo in vendita rustico indipendente su due livelli oltre ad area esterna di proprietà. Possibilità di ricavare due appartamenti con relativi posti auto. Ottimo potenziale. Ideale per imprese. Euro 30.000.
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 €30,000 for 70 sqm, the ask is €429/sqm, slightly above your low-stock baseline of €382/sqm before works. The description calls it a historic-center rustico with 'ottimo potenziale' and aimed at builders, so I treat it as a full restoration at about €1,100/sqm, making the effective cost ordinary rather than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
This has some rustic character in the old brick structure and tall timber-tile roof, and the €30k price is undeniably cheap. But the photos show a bare, unfinished shell rather than a usable home, with no fitted interior, bathroom or kitchen visible. It feels more like a redevelopment project in the historic center than somewhere you could soon move into and live.
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€28,000 – €41,000
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.
- Raw rustico interior with no finished living spaces visible
- No bathroom or kitchen shown, so not currently livable
- Likely substantial renovation and layout work needed
- Photos suggest semi-open barn-like areas despite roof coverage
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 47/100The area lies in the lower Adda valley on flat farmland crossed by the Adda river and its canals. The Adda Sud Regional Park is nearby along the river corridor. Treviglio is the nearest larger town, with a station, services and a substantial town centre. Bergamo and the first Prealpine ridges are farther north, but outside the immediate landscape. This part of the Bergamo plain is known for irrigated agriculture and historic hydraulic works linked to the Adda.