Rustico/casale in Via Ca' Nuova 6
Proponiamo locale accessorio situato in posizione facilmente accessibile e servito da strada, con terreno di proprietà di circa 800 mq. L’immobile, ristrutturato circa 12 anni fa, è dotato di energia elettrica, acqua, allacciamento alla rete fognaria, climatizzazione e bagno. Attualmente viene utilizzato come studio musicale.
What it really costs
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At €1,680/m², the €42,000 asking price is over four times the Lombardia farmhouse baseline of €380/m²; even allowing €200/m² for its dated renovation, the effective cost is about €1,880/m². It is described as a locale accessorio used as a music studio, so residential legality and habitability are uncertain despite utilities and a bathroom.
More on the house and the area
A solid, brightly finished mountain studio with utilities, bathroom, air conditioning, parking, and an unusually large 800 sqm garden. The surrounding Lombardy mountain setting is attractive, but the property is essentially a music room rather than a ready-made home, with no kitchen or bedroom visible.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€2,000 – €3,000
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.
- This is described as an accessory room/studio, not a registered residential home; verify permitted use and habitability.
- Only 25 sqm with one room, no visible kitchen or sleeping area.
- The low-slung structure and exterior access may require upgrades for comfortable full-time living.
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 area sits on the first hills east of Bergamo, at the edge of the plain and below the Bergamasque Prealps. Lake Endine and Lake Iseo are both within roughly 15 km, and the Oglio valley begins to the east. Bergamo is the nearest city of size, with a large historic upper town, rail connections and the main services of the province. This part of the Bergamo hills is known for vineyards, mixed farming and scattered historic villas in a belt of villages between the city and the prealpine valleys.