Rustico in Valbrevenna
Rustico di 95 metri quadri situato a Valbrevenna, Località Scapitola, distribuito su tre livelli: piano terra, primo e secondo. L'immobile è composto da cinque locali e un bagno. Presenta una cucina ed è dotato di riscaldamento autonomo. Tra le pertinenze si segnalano un magazzino o deposito, un terrazzo e un giardino.…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €389/m², the €37,000 asking price is below the €500/m² baseline, but renovation at roughly €700/m² brings the effective cost to about €1,089/m² (€103,500 total). The remote inland location and substantial renovation needs limit the deal despite full ownership, heating, terrace, and garden.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, furnished Ligurian farmhouse with multiple bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom, heating, and a wonderful green mountain setting from the terrace. It is clearly more than a shell, but the dated interiors, basic bathroom, aging finishes, and likely renovation needs keep it well below dream-home territory.
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€19,000 – €34,000
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.
- Needs renovation and modernization throughout, despite being furnished and apparently usable.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a five-room, four-bedroom house.
- The aging corrugated roof, exterior stairs, and terrace should be checked carefully.
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 73/100The cluster is in the Ligurian Apennines, in the upper Scrivia valley system with wooded ridges and narrow mountain valleys around it. The Scrivia river runs through this part of the area. Castello della Pietra stands in the Vobbia valley on a rock outcrop between two sandstone towers. The Natural Regional Park of Antola lies nearby, centred on Monte Antola and the upper valleys of the Scrivia, Trebbia and Borbera. The nearest ski area is Santo Stefano d'Aveto, roughly 1 hour 30 minutes by road. The nearest larger town is Busalla in the Scrivia valley, while Genoa is the main city used for higher-order services and transport. This part of inland Genoa province is known for chestnut woods, beech forest, hiking on the Ligurian Apennine crest, and old stone hamlets in the valleys.