Casa colonica in Leno
CASTELLETTO: Nella bellissima e ben servita frazione di Castelletto di Leno, in certo storico ed all'interno di una piccola corte, disponiamo in vendita di una porzione di fabbricato disposta su 2 livelli oltre al piano mansardato... Al piano terra vi sono l'ampia sala, la cucina abitabile ed un comodissimo porticato…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €95,000 plus an estimated €16,000 for a habitable-condition property, the effective cost is about €1,388/m² versus €380/m² for comparable local homes. The detailed layout and 26 photos are positives, but the price is substantially above the local benchmark.
More on the house and the area
A solid, genuinely livable two-level home with a useful covered portico, traditional terracotta floors, wood staircase, and a functional fitted kitchen. It has everyday Italian farmhouse character, but the setting and exterior are ordinary rather than scenic, and the overall presentation is dated rather than dreamlike.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€5,000 – €9,000
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 habitable but dated, with older kitchen, furnishings, and finishes.
- The exterior façade and shared courtyard areas need cosmetic refreshing.
- Only one bathroom is shown; the portico, courtyard, and vegetable garden are not fully private.
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 34/100The cluster sits on the Po Valley (Pianura Padana) in the lower part of the Province of Brescia; the terrain within about 15 km is flat arable plain with fields, irrigation channels and scattered industrial/agricultural buildings. There are no named mountains or lakes inside a 15 km radius; the local hydrography is the small rivers, canals and drains typical of the Bassa padana. Several small to medium towns are nearby, notably Montichiari and Ghedi, which provide local shops, schools and light-industry employment. The provincial capital Brescia lies to the north (roughly 20–25 km) and supplies hospitals, regional rail links and motorway connections but is outside the immediate plain. The area belongs to the agricultural/industrial belt between Brescia and Mantua and is primarily known for intensive farming and local manufacturing rather than tourism or landscape protection.