Casa indipendente in Via Lama
Imola – Fabbricato deposito adibito a villino A Ponticelli, in una splendida zona collinare e panoramica, proponiamo fabbricato accatastato come locale uso servizio e pertanto non è possibile prendervi la residenza, adibito a villino indipendente composto da: -Spazi interni versatili: un'ampia sala con cucina a…
What it really costs
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Despite being marketed as a villino, the property is cadastrally a service/storage building and the description explicitly states that residence cannot be established. At €85,000 (€541/m²), it is also above the €412/m² Emilia-Romagna country-house baseline, but the legal dwelling restriction is the decisive veto.
More on the house and the area
The interior looks like a genuine, usable home, with a fitted kitchen, tiled floors, heating, and a comfortable open living area rather than a bare shell. However, it is visually ordinary and lacks proven views or distinctive historic character in the available photo. The major concern is legal: it is cadastrally a service building and cannot be used for official residence.
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€62,000 – €92,000
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 property is officially registered as a service/storage building, so residential registration is not possible.
- The gallery view does not prove the advertised panoramic setting or garden.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a 157 sqm property, and overall condition/legality of the conversion should be verified.
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 55/100This is on the plain at the foot of the Romagna Apennines, with cultivated land and low hills beginning to the south around the Santerno valley. The Santerno river runs through Imola. The Vena del Gesso Romagnola Regional Park lies within daily local reach in the hills to the south-west, with gypsum ridges and badlands around the Riolo Terme side. The nearest substantial upland landscape is the Apennine belt south of Castel del Rio and Firenzuola. Bologna is the nearest major city, while Imola itself is a sizeable service town with a full historic centre, the Rocca Sforzesca and the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. The area is known for its agricultural plain, the Santerno corridor and motor-racing at Imola. Because the cluster is inside the built-up area of a city above 50,000 residents, the urban cap applies.