Via Ronchidoso, 19, Gaggio Montano
Tribunale: Bologna RGE: 40/2023 PVP: 4610556 Piena proprietà di fabbricato cielo terra, che insiste su di un’area cortiliva di proprietà, in comune alle tre unità immobiliari che lo compongono, di cui: un’autorimessa al piano terra, un’abitazione al piano terra ed un’abitazione la piano primo. L’abitazione e…
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Condition not stated in the listing- Sold at judicial auction
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This is a judicial auction (Tribunale: Bologna), which adds legal complexity so the listing is classified as a trap. Price €20,250 (≈€103/m²) for 197 m² but condition, occupancy and technical data are missing and the ad warns the photos are not the real images.
More on the house and the area
The interior photos show a modern, well-finished open-plan apartment with attractive lighting and contemporary finishes, so the living spaces could be very appealing. However the building and setting are ordinary (street-facing block with a paved private courtyard) and the sale is an auction with unclear occupancy and no bathrooms recorded, so expect due diligence and possible work or legal steps before it’s a move-in 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€39,000 – €69,000
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.
- Property sold at auction — check legal/occupancy/gravami before bidding
- Listing notes images may be indicative and not the real photos
- Advertisement records 0 bathrooms and separate units with no internal connections — confirm sanitary fittings and layout
- Plain apartment-block exterior and no notable views; likely urban setting with limited outdoor green space
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 72/100The cluster sits in the northern Apennines, in the Reno valley and close to the mountain ridges between Emilia and Tuscany. Much of the area around Gaggio Montano is wooded mid-mountain country with chestnut and mixed forest, steep slopes and small ridge villages. Corno alle Scale Regional Park lies within this part of the Bolognese Apennines, and the Corno alle Scale massif is the main named landscape feature nearby. The ski lifts of Corno alle Scale are the nearest substantial ski area, roughly a half-hour drive from Gaggio Montano depending on the exact hamlet. Porretta Terme is the nearest small town of note, with rail links, services and thermal baths, and the wider connection is toward Bologna along the Reno corridor. This part of the Apennines is known for mountain walking, forested valleys and the old route crossings between Emilia and Tuscany.