Rustico/casale
Nel cuore di Selvino, in una posizione particolarmente suggestiva e comoda ai principali servizi, proponiamo caratteristico rustico di ampia metratura, disposto su due livelli, ideale per chi desidera realizzare un progetto abitativo di grande fascino. L’immobile, grazie agli ampi spazi e alla particolare…
What it really costs
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At €150/m², the €60,000 asking price looks low, but this 400 m² rustic property is presented as a major residential conversion project. With estimated renovation costs of about €700/m², effective cost is roughly €850/m² versus a €380/m² Lombardia baseline, making it weak unless conversion and works are substantially cheaper than expected.
More on the house and the area
A highly photogenic Lombard farmhouse with elegant stone-framed façades, vaulted interiors, exposed masonry, a fireplace, and an atmospheric wine cellar. The gallery suggests a beautiful, livable home, but the listing text explicitly describes it as a project to transform into one or two apartments, so the finished rooms may be illustrative rather than the property’s current condition.
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€79,000 – €140,000
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.
- The description presents this as a rustico requiring a substantial residential conversion, despite the gallery showing beautifully finished interiors.
- Actual condition, utilities, roof systems, and legal status are not confirmed.
- Only one bathroom is listed for approximately 400 sqm; access and renovation costs could be significant.
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 cluster is in the lower Val Seriana, with the Bergamasque Prealps immediately north of the built-up valley floor. The Serio river runs through the valley. Parco Regionale delle Orobie Bergamasche begins farther up the valley and is not the immediate setting here. The nearest substantial town is Bergamo, which has a large historic upper town, services and rail connections. This part of the valley is known for its industrial settlements mixed with older hillside hamlets and for access toward the Orobie valleys rather than for a single standout site inside the immediate radius.