Rustico in Foiano della Chiana
Fascino toscano e grande potenziale: terratetto semi-indipendente con garage e cantine a Foiano della Chiana mq 160 complessivi – Da ristrutturare Immergetevi nell'autenticità e nella quiete della campagna toscana nel cuore della meravigliosa Valdichiana. Situata nel suggestivo comune di Foiano della Chiana,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €80,000 (€494/m²), the asking price is near the local €505/m² reference, but a full renovation could add roughly €113,400, bringing the effective cost to about €1,194/m². The Tuscan location, garage and cellar add appeal, yet the substantial restoration burden makes this weak value unless renovation costs are much lower than expected.
More on the house and the area
This has genuine Tuscan character, with handsome stone-and-brick facades, an old fireplace, traditional floors, and a photogenic leafy courtyard. The upper floor is a real house with intact rooms, bathroom, heating, and roof, but the property is dated and the ground floor is essentially rustic storage/cellar space requiring serious renovation.
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€32,000 – €57,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed, especially the damp, cracked ground-floor cellars and former stable spaces.
- The property appears to have only one dated bathroom and no clearly usable kitchen.
- The larger private garden and adjoining 930 sqm plot are optional rather than included.
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 58/100The area lies in the Val di Chiana, a broad farmed plain with low hills around it. The Canale Maestro della Chiana runs through this landscape of reclaimed farmland. Lake Trasimeno is just beyond the Tuscan border and within about 15 km of the southern side of the area. Cortona is the nearest larger historic town, with a substantial walled centre on a hill above the valley, and Arezzo and Montepulciano are the main towns in wider daily reach for services and rail connections. This part of the Val di Chiana is known for arable farming, olive groves on the hills, and Chianina cattle.