Casa Indipendente
Questo affascinante Rustico situato nel comune di Empoli (FI) offre un'opportunità unica per chi desidera vivere immerso nella tranquillità della campagna toscana. La superficie di 130 mq è ideale per accogliere una famiglia o per chi cerca uno spazio ampio e confortevole. Il fienile da ristrutturare di circa 130 mq…
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 €100,000 for 130 m² needing renovation, estimated all-in cost is about €1,469/m² versus roughly €504/m² for comparable Tuscan homes. The 4 hectares, olive trees and panoramic setting add value, but the listing does not state the number of bathrooms or clearly explain whether the 130 m² barn is included in the advertised area and price.
More on the house and the area
The strongest appeal is the broad Tuscan countryside setting, with rolling hills, olive trees, vineyard rows and roughly four hectares of land. However, the farmhouse interiors are storage-filled, heavily deteriorated and visibly cracked, with no bathroom or usable living spaces shown, so this is a substantial restoration project rather than a ready home.
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€26,000 – €46,000
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.
- The farmhouse is clearly uninhabitable without substantial renovation; no bathroom or bedroom is shown.
- Visible extensive cracking, deteriorated walls and roof-edge damage require structural assessment.
- The additional 130 sqm hayloft/barn is also a major renovation project, and utilities are not confirmed.
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 49/100Empoli sits in the Arno valley on the plain where the Arno and Elsa basins meet. Within about 15 km the landscape is mostly river plain, cultivated land and low hills toward Vinci and the lower Montalbano. The Arno is the named river of the area. Florence is the nearest major city and provides the full range of services, rail links and airport access, but it lies beyond the local landscape radius. The area is known for agriculture, glassmaking around Empoli, and for being the gateway between the Florentine plain and the Valdelsa.