Casa indipendente in Via Bagno 925
Prignano sulla Secchia - RIF: SA079 CASA SINGOLA PARZIALMENTE RISTRUTTURATA CON NUMEROSI ACCESSORI Rif: SA079 Iconacasa Sassuolo, propone in ESCLUSIVA, a Prignano sulla Secchia, in località Saltino, casa singola parzialmente ristrutturata con numerosi accessori esterni (fienili, ex porcilaie) che possono avere…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €332/m², the €85,000 asking price is below the local €420/m² reference, but the house is only partially renovated and 256 m² implies a substantial budget. Allowing roughly €400/m² for completion brings the effective cost well above the local benchmark; the listing does not specify the exact works already completed.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial stone country house with beautiful exposed masonry, warm timber beams, a fireplace, and a surprisingly polished kitchen and bathroom. It is a real, roofed home rather than a shell, but the renovation is incomplete and several rooms need clearing and finishing before the full six-bedroom layout feels comfortably livable.
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.
Our read of the photos, €400/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€30,000 – €50,000
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.
- Partially renovated, with several rooms still unfinished or being used for storage.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a large six-bedroom layout.
- No clear exterior, landscape, or broad views are shown in the gallery.
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 Reggio Emilia Apennines, with wooded ridges and valleys of the Secchia basin around Toano. The Parco nazionale dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano lies nearby to the south-west, and the higher ridge toward Monte Cusna is within this mountain area. The nearest ski area is Febbio on the slopes of Monte Cusna, reached by mountain roads in roughly half an hour from Toano. Castelnovo ne’ Monti is the nearest larger hill town and has the main services for this part of the mountain province. This part of the Apennines is known for chestnut woods, small stone villages, and mountain pasture country.