Villa in Via del Monte
MADONNA DEI FORNELLI: Ad. ze Sentiero degli Dei, proponiamo villa singola al grezzo, libera su quattro lati. Nei 90 mq al primo piano, essa è predisposta per: soggiorno, angolo cottura, due camere matrimoniali e due bagni. Il piano superiore, raggiungibile tramite scala o ascensiore, troviamo la mansarda parzialmente abitabile di 90 mq. Il piano seminterrato di 120 mq è invece...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €80,000 asking price looks low at €229/m² versus €297/m² locally, but the villa is sold al grezzo and needs substantial completion. At an estimated €1,100/m² renovation cost, the effective cost is about €1,329/m², while the description is incomplete and its stated 350 m² does not match the detailed breakdown.
More on the house and the area
This is a large detached villa with a completed roof, generous surrounding land, and a sunny rural setting, but the photos show only an unfinished brick shell. It is a major construction project rather than a realistically livable home, so the low price per square metre is the main appeal.
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€139,000 – €205,000
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.
- The property is explicitly sold al grezzo, with raw brick walls and unfinished openings.
- No finished interiors, kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, or installed utilities are shown.
- The 350 sqm size could mean substantial renovation and completion costs beyond the €80,000 purchase price.
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 68/100The cluster is in the northern Apennines, in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine belt. The Sambro valley and the upper Setta valley shape this area, with wooded slopes, ridgelines and small farm clearings. Much of the surrounding high ground falls within the Parco regionale storico di Monte Sole to the north and the Parco nazionale dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano is farther west beyond the 15 km radius. The nearest substantial town is Bologna, while within the mountain area the main service centres are smaller places such as Castiglione dei Pepoli and Monzuno. This part of the Apennines is known for the Futa and Raticosa passes, for chestnut woods and for the old road and rail crossings between Bologna and Florence.