Rustico/casale
IN VENDITA CASCINA - ALBINO In zona tranquilla e immersa nel verde, proponiamo caratteristico rustico/cascina non abitabile con terreno di proprietà, ideale per chi è alla ricerca di una soluzione da valorizzare e personalizzare. Una soluzione ideale per chi desidera investire in una proprietà dal carattere rustico, con ampi margini di personalizzazione e inserita in un contesto riservato.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing explicitly states “non abitabile” (not habitable), so it fails the catalog’s dwelling requirement despite the €25,000 price. At 15 m² (€1,667/m²), the €1,100/m² restoration estimate would bring the effective cost to about €41,500, or €2,767/m², far above the €380/m² Lombardia baseline.
More on the house and the area
This is a charming little stone-and-plaster woodland farmhouse with an unusually secluded setting and a small garden/terrain area. However, it is explicitly non-habitable, the interior is not shown as usable, and the difficult access plus apparent outbuilding decay make it a restoration project rather than a realistic home.
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€6,000 – €9,000
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 advertised as non-habitable and requiring renovation.
- Only 15 sqm, with no visible kitchen, bathroom, or usable interior.
- Access appears to be via a steep wooden stairway through the woodland; utilities are unconfirmed.
- Additional outbuilding appears severely deteriorated or partially collapsed.
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.