Casa indipendente in Sp21
Casa di campagna con ampi spazi e possibilità di B&B A Mignano, sulle colline di Lugagnano Val d’Arda, a circa 40 km da Piacenza e nelle immediate vicinanze della diga di Mignano, proponiamo in vendita una proprietà dal grande potenziale, immersa nel verde e nella tranquillità delle colline piacentine. La posizione è riservata ma non isolata, ideale per chi desidera...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €625/m² before works, the €100,000 asking price is already 52% above the Emilia-Romagna country-house baseline of €412/m²; assuming renovation at about €700/m², effective cost rises to roughly €1,325/m². The description highlights potential but gives no condition, year, or energy data, while the inland location offers limited location premium.
More on the house and the area
A substantial country house with a generous lawn, broad covered terrace, and attractive wooded hill setting. The structure looks solid and potentially livable rather than a ruin, but the exterior is dated and the real interior condition is not demonstrated. Its appeal is mainly the peaceful mountain landscape and unusually large usable spaces, with renovation likely needed to make it feel like a dream home.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€32,000 – €56,000
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.
- Condition and interior finish are unclear from the available exterior photo.
- The house appears dated and may need modernization.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a 160 sqm property.
- The large covered agricultural/porch area may require maintenance or adaptation for residential or B&B use.
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 61/100The cluster is in the first hills of the Piacenza Apennines, with ridges, mixed woodland and cultivated valleys around the Arda basin. The Arda valley is the main landscape feature here, and Castell’Arquato lies nearby with a substantial medieval hill centre and official Bandiera Arancione status. Vernasca and the surrounding area are known for hill farming and for the Val d’Arda badlands and erosional clay formations found in parts of this zone.