Terratetto plurifamiliare in Larciano
Villetta bifamiliare di circa 150 mq commerciali e circa 100 mq abitabili in ottima posizione con garage e giardino e accesso indipendente. l'immobile necessita di lavori di ristrutturazione. Il riscaldamento attuale è a GPL, ma è possibile collegamento alla rete di metano. L'immobile è composto da ingresso salone…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €68,000 asking price (€453/m²) looks attractive, but renovation at roughly €700/m² brings the effective cost to about €173,000, or €1,153/m²—well above the local €650/m² level. The garage, garden, terraces and independent access add value, but the substantial work and older 1965 construction limit the deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, spacious Tuscan home with a strong lifestyle appeal: mature garden, olive trees, independent access, large terraces, and broad views across the surrounding countryside and village. The house is furnished and evidently usable, but it needs meaningful renovation, modernization, and exterior maintenance rather than being move-in ready. At €68,000, the land, terraces, garage, and views create genuine bargain appeal if the renovation scope is manageable.
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€30,000 – €53,000
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.
- Needs substantial renovation and cosmetic updating; interiors are dated and visibly cluttered.
- Only one bathroom is shown/listed for a 150 sqm home.
- Exterior terraces, railings, garden paths, and façades show deferred maintenance.
- The attractive view is partly over nearby roads and neighboring development rather than untouched countryside.
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 area sits in the lower Valdarno hills between the Arno plain and the first inland ridges, with mixed farmland, olive groves and vineyards around small Tuscan villages. The Arno runs nearby to the north. Cerreto Guidi has the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, part of the UNESCO serial site of the Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany. Empoli is the nearest larger town and provides the main rail services, shops and hospitals for the area. This part of Tuscany is known for olive oil, wine and dispersed hill villages rather than for a single dominant natural feature within the immediate surroundings.