Rustico/casale
PONTE DI LEGNO frazione PEZZO in zona centrale e vicino alla chiesa, porzione di rudere da ristrutturare per ottenere due box auto al piano seminterrato e un appartamento di circa 100 mq disposto sui piani superiori. Pezzo è posto in una zona panoramicissima a 1565 m di altitudine, collegato con bus navetta al capoluogo, e sulla strada che porta alle...
What it really costs
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At €55,000 (€550/m²), this is a rudere requiring roughly €110,000 of renovation, bringing the effective cost to about €1,650/m² versus the €380/m² baseline. The central, panoramic Ponte di Legno location adds value, but not enough to offset the severe renovation burden.
More on the house and the area
This is a highly characterful alpine farmhouse with stone walls, weathered timber balconies, and a dramatic high-mountain setting near Ponte di Legno. However, it is a genuine renovation project rather than a usable home: the listing calls it a rudere, with no bathroom and no confirmed livable interiors.
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€40,000 – €59,000
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.
- Explicitly described as a ruin requiring full renovation.
- No bathroom is present, and the listing does not confirm utilities or structural condition.
- Mountain-village access and the multi-level layout may make renovation logistically difficult.
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 90/100The cluster is in the upper Val Camonica in the Adamello-Presanella Alps, with high alpine ridges and glacial massifs around the valley head. The Oglio rises here, and the Passo del Tonale area sits immediately west with open high-altitude pasture and ski terrain. Adamello Regional Park is on the Lombard side of the surrounding mountains, and the Adamello Brenta Natural Park lies just across the regional border. The Ponte di Legno–Tonale ski domain is the local ski area, with lifts in and around the town and at Passo del Tonale within a short drive. Edolo is the nearest larger valley town with everyday services and rail connection down Val Camonica, while the Tonale pass links daily life toward Vermiglio and Val di Sole. The area is known for alpine tourism, skiing, and First World War sites in the Adamello front.