Rustico/casale in Via Pratomagno
Scopri questo vecchio seccatoio situato a 700 metri di altitudine, immerso nel suggestivo borgo antico a pochi passi dalle magnifiche foreste del Pratomagno. Si tratta di un'autentica "tela bianca" pronta per essere trasformata secondo i tuoi desideri, con opere di ristrutturazione. Completamente indipendente e…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
Condition not stated in the listing- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €20,000 (€230/m²), this three-level former drying house appears to require a full restoration; estimated all-in cost is about €115,700, or €1,330/m², well above the €505/m² local benchmark. Its mountain setting is attractive, but the listing does not say whether its current use can legally be converted into a dwelling, and key condition details are absent.
More on the house and the area
This is a highly atmospheric old Tuscan stone seccatoio, with excellent historic masonry, a mountain backdrop, mature trees, and a dramatic hillside village setting. However, the photos show only an uninhabitable-looking shell with boarded openings and no usable interior, so the €20,000 price buys a restoration project rather than a home ready for living.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€34,000 – €51,000
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 required; this is explicitly a blank canvas rather than a move-in home.
- Interiors, bathroom, kitchen, utilities, floors, and structural condition are not shown or confirmed.
- Steep hillside/borgo access and potentially aging roof structures may complicate renovation.
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 76/100The cluster is in the Casentino valley under the Casentino Apennines, with the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna National Park within the 15 km landscape to the east. The Arno rises nearby on Monte Falterona and the upper Arno valley shapes the area around Poppi. Poppi itself is a small hill town with a substantial medieval centre and the Castello dei Conti Guidi. Bibbiena is the nearest larger town in the valley and provides the main everyday services. The area is known for forested mountain slopes, chestnut and oak woodland, and the historic Casentino valley settlements.