Casa indipendente in Via Castello 36
Terratetto panoramico nel borgo di Castello di Follo – a 20 minuti dalle Cinque Terre Prezzo: €49.000 Nel suggestivo borgo storico di Castello di Follo in vendita terratetto di circa 90 m², ideale come abitazione principale, seconda casa o investimento turistico. L'immobile si sviluppa su più livelli ed è composto da: due camere da letto al primo piano; ampia...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €544/m², the asking price is close to the local €484/m² benchmark, but the listing does not say whether the 90 m² terratetto is habitable or needs substantial renovation. Using a €700/m² renovation allowance makes the effective cost about €1,244/m², so the deal is only fair despite its historic-borgo setting and proximity to the Cinque Terre.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely atmospheric Ligurian village home with stone buildings, terracotta roofs, historic details, and an exceptional open panorama across the valley toward the mountains. The 90 m² house appears to be a real, functioning home with a kitchen, bedrooms, heating, floors, and stairs in place, but it needs cosmetic refurbishment and investigation of damp and ceiling defects.
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€18,000 – €32,000
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.
- Interiors are usable but visibly dated, with peeling plaster and ceiling cracking/damp signs.
- The multi-level layout and steep shared stairways may be challenging for everyday access.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a three-bedroom home; utilities and structural condition should be verified.
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 61/100The cluster is in the lower Vara valley between the Ligurian Apennine hills and the Gulf of La Spezia. The Vara river runs nearby. The Montemarcello-Magra-Vara Regional Park is within the local area around the Magra estuary and lower valley. La Spezia is the nearest town of size, with a port, rail station and full services. The area is tied to the Gulf of La Spezia and the eastern Ligurian coast, but the better-known cliff coast of the Cinque Terre is farther away and does not sit around Follo itself.