Casa semindipendente su tre livelli
COSA SAPERE SULL'IMMOBILE Immersa nel verde e nella tranquillità della località Preane, a Sabbio Chiese, proponiamo in vendita una casa semindipendente disposta su tre livelli, completamente da ristrutturare. Al piano terra troviamo un ampio portico, utilizzabile anche come posto auto, e una cantina. Il primo piano è…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Roof
- Heating
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At €55,000 (€775/m²), the house requires complete renovation estimated at about €1,100/m², bringing the effective cost to roughly €133,100 or €1,875/m² versus a local benchmark around €375/m². The countryside setting and access to nearby lakes add some appeal, but the renovation burden makes this weak value.
More on the house and the area
A highly appealing rural farmhouse with a shaded grapevine terrace, broad green surroundings and attractive exposed beams, wood floors and a fireplace. The main house appears roofed and substantially usable, with a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, but the listing explicitly calls for complete renovation and the external bathroom is a practical drawback. At €55,000, it offers strong countryside character and value, but it is a renovation project rather than a ready-to-move-in dream 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€28,000 – €42,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Advertised as completely needing renovation despite the usable-looking kitchen, bathroom, floors and roof.
- The bathroom is external to the main living area, which may require reconfiguration for comfortable year-round living.
- Rural access and the condition of utilities, heating and surrounding outbuildings 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 61/100The cluster is in the Valle Sabbia, with the lower Brescian Prealps around it. Lake Idro is within about 10 km to the north. The Chiese river runs through the valley. The nearest larger town is Salò on Lake Garda, and Brescia is the main city for services, rail and hospitals. The area is known for a working prealpine valley landscape of small industrial settlements, woods and pasture, with road access north toward Lake Idro and south toward the plain.