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Rustico/casale in Via Barbotto 5429

Mercato Saraceno, Emilia-Romagna
Bedrooms
4
Baths
1
4,663
Price per m²
€5
Property type
Farmhouse
Rooms
5 locali

Vendesi da privato fabbricato rurale completamente da ristrutturare con ampio terreno agricolo annesso. Soluzione ideale per chi cerca indipendenza, un progetto di recupero totale o una nuova edificazione immersa nel verde. 📍 Posizione: Mercato Saraceno (FC) – Via Barbotto 5429. Zona panoramica, tranquilla e con…

What it really costs

Condition not stated in the listing
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Why this price is what it is

The description says this is a rural building registered as a rudere and completely to be renovated, with 358 sqm building plus large agricultural land; this is effectively a total-rebuild project, not a normal livable house. With restoration-level costs around €1,100/m², the effective cost is far above the weak local baseline (€275/m²), and the large land parcel inflates the apparent €5/m² headline.

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What the photos show

The setting has quiet green hillside views and a decent amount of land, which gives it some dream value. But the building itself is an overgrown rural shell with broken glazing and no visible livable interior, so this reads as a rebuild-level project rather than a home. Attractive price, yet the real wow is in the plot, not the current house.

Comfortable600900/m²
€2,798,000 – €4,197,000

All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.

This house
Full
€5,596,000 – €6,995,000

Turnkey, facade and insulation included.

Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.

Materials only, work you may do yourself€1,847,000 – €2,728,000

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.

Asking price + this range
€5,621,000 – €7,020,000
What worries us about this house
  • Essentially a rudere/total renovation project, not a usable home
  • Broken windows, heavy overgrowth and likely major structural/roof work
  • No visible habitable kitchen, bathroom or finished interior
  • Rural setting may mean utilities/access need checking

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 56/100

The area is in the first Apennine hills above the Rubicone valley, with mixed farmland, wooded slopes and ridgelines typical of inland Romagna. The Rubicone valley is the main local landform. The nearest Adriatic coast is around the Rimini–Cesenatico side, but it is outside the immediate landscape. Cesena is the nearest town of size, with full services and a historic centre. Sogliano is known in Romagna for formaggio di fossa, the pit-aged cheese tradition.

The comune of Mercato Saraceno
People living here
6,832
-2.6% between the 2011 and 2021 census
Over 65
24%
13% are under 14
Flood zone
10%
of residents live in a medium-risk flood area
Landslide zone
24%
of residents live in a high-risk landslide area
How far to everything
To the sea
30 km
Nearest airport
50 min drive
Nearest city
37 min drive
Property address:Via Barbotto 5429
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Asking price

25,000
Deal score
17/100
Dream
12/100
Wow
24/100

Listed 14/08/2026