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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Although the €30,000 asking price is only €150/m², this 200 m² rustic farmhouse is described as a major residential-conversion project. At an estimated €1,100/m² renovation cost, the effective cost is about €1,250/m² versus the Lombardia baseline of €380/m²; condition and legal conversion details are also missing.
More on the house and the area
A highly photogenic Lombardy farmhouse with beautifully restored-looking stone detailing, traditional shutters, vaulted interiors, a fireplace, and a memorable wine-cellar-like space. The roof, floors, kitchen, bathrooms, and furnished rooms suggest a real house rather than a bare shell, but the description frames it as a conversion project, so current livability must be verified.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€79,000 – €117,000
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 listing describes it as a rustic property intended for a substantial residential project, so the polished interiors may represent proposed or staged finishes rather than the current condition.
- At 200 sqm, one bathroom is limited; verify utilities, permits, and the actual state of the structure.
- No clearly exceptional panorama is shown, and the house sits within a built-up village setting.
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.