Casa indipendente in Strada Provinciale di Adelano
CASA CON ANNESSI E TERRENI A ZERI – LOCALITÀ FRANDALINI Nel caratteristico borgo di Frandalini, nel Comune di Zeri (MS), proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente con annessi e ampi terreni, ideale sia come casa vacanze sia come investimento locativo. L’abitazione si trova in posizione comoda al parcheggio e dispone di garage doppio poco distante lungo la strada. Completano...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €75,000 asking price is only €148/m² versus a €695/m² Tuscan country-house baseline, but the 508 m² figure appears to include annexes and the listing gives no condition, building-year, or habitable-area details. Assuming substantial renovation, estimated effective cost is about €848/m², so the apparent discount is not yet reliable.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, substantial country home in a lush Tuscan mountain setting, with generous grounds, parking and a pleasant wooded backdrop. The house is fully roofed and clearly usable, with a functioning kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms and traditional stove, but the interiors and exterior are strongly dated rather than beautiful or move-in polished.
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€101,000 – €178,000
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 very dated and would benefit from cosmetic modernization.
- Exterior plaster shows significant weathering and may need maintenance.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a four-bedroom home; utilities and heating should be verified.
- The surrounding rural location may mean limited services and car dependence.
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 upper Val di Vara on the Ligurian side of the Apennines, close to the Cisa ridge and the Tuscan-Emilian border. The Vara river basin and its wooded side valleys define the landscape here. The area touches the Parco Naturale Regionale di Montemarcello-Magra-Vara farther down the valley, but around Zeri itself the immediate surroundings are mainly mountain pasture, chestnut woods and Apennine hamlets. The nearest larger centres used for services are Pontremoli and Sarzana/La Spezia in different directions, with rail links and full everyday services outside the mountains. The area is known locally for upland pastures and scattered stone villages of Lunigiana and the upper Vara.