Rustico in Ravenna
RAVENNA località SANTERNO: Rustico con ampi spazi accessori, ideale per chi è alla ricerca di una proprietà da personalizzare e valorizzare secondo le proprie esigenze. L’immobile si trova all’interno di un lotto di circa 360 mq e si sviluppa su due livelli. La parte principale è composta da un’unità ad uso civile…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing includes a 5-room civil dwelling, so it is not a veto case, but the description stresses customization and renovation with attached warehouse/deposit spaces; I estimate about €500/m² renovation on the 201 m², bringing the effective price to roughly €877/m². That is far above the local sub-€100k baseline of €290/m² for Emilia-Romagna farmhouses, so despite the low asking €378/m², this looks weak rather than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
The long brick farmhouse facade has authentic rural character and a certain austere beauty, especially for the price and size. But the interiors look vacant and heavily neglected, with damp, damaged finishes and no visible functioning bathroom or kitchen, so this reads as a serious renovation project rather than a home you could realistically move into. It has substance and outbuildings, but not current livability.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€23,000 – €39,000
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.
- Major renovation needed before comfortable living
- No bathroom or kitchen shown in photos
- Visible damp, cracks and neglected interiors
- Outdoor space is small and not scenic
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 39/100This is the lower Romagna plain between Ravenna, Lugo and Faenza, with flat agricultural land, drainage canals and scattered villages. The Lamone river passes by Bagnacavallo, and the Po Delta regional park area begins farther east toward Ravenna and the coast, outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Lugo is the nearest town of size, with a full set of services and a historic center with arcades and a fortress. Ravenna is the main nearby city for daily life, with major services and UNESCO monuments, but those monuments do not define the immediate surroundings here. The area is known for intensive farming and fruit growing on the plain.