Rustico/casale
Ai margini del centro abitato in zona tranquilla, ex tabaccaia completa-mente da recuperare di mq. 75 circa su tre livelli, giardino di pertinenza di mq. 350 c. a con pozzo artesiano. La zona è servita di tutte le utenze. A. p. e. non valutabile fabbricato collabente.
What it really costs
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The 75 m² farmhouse is described as completely requiring recovery and as a collabente building, indicating a collapsed ruin rather than a sound renovation project. At €96,000, estimated effective cost is about €2,380/m² after €82,500 renovation, versus a €509/m² local baseline.
More on the house and the area
This is a distinctive historic brick former tobacco-drying tower with a pleasant 350 m² garden and artesian well in the Tuscan countryside near Montepulciano. However, it is explicitly described as completely needing recovery and as a collabente building, so it is a restoration project rather than a realistically livable cheap home today.
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€30,000 – €44,000
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.
- Completely to be restored and classified as a derelict/unusable building.
- No livable interior is shown; substantial work will likely be needed for floors, systems, kitchen and bathroom.
- The tower is beside a road and appears exposed to neighboring development, with no proven views.
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 91/100The cluster is in the Val di Chiana and on the edge of the Val d'Orcia landscape, with rolling cultivated hills, vineyard country and cypress-lined ridges within the local area. Montepulciano itself is a major hill town with a substantial historic centre on a limestone ridge, and Pienza and the Val d'Orcia UNESCO landscape lie within about 15 km to the west. The area is known for Vino Nobile di Montepulciano vineyards and wine estates.