Property on the plateaus above Bolzano
The plateaux look down on the Bolzano basin from around a thousand metres. Renon and San Genesio each have a cable car reaching the centre in a few minutes: you live up high and work in town without depending on the car.
Renon has the fullest services of the plateaux: Soprabolzano, Collalbo and Costalovara have schools, shops and the historic narrow-gauge railway linking them. With the cable car from Bolzano the plateau has become a year-round address as well.
San Genesio is smaller, with a cable car of its own and a direct view of the Dolomites. The stock consists mainly of detached and semi-detached houses; flats are few and reach the market rarely.
The Val Sarentino is a side valley with a largely local market and lower values. Those who buy here generally live there all year.
Across the area two checks come before the others: whether the access road is usable in winter, and the running costs — heating, maintenance, travel.
Selling a home on the plateaus
On a property up high a buyer checks concrete figures: heating costs, winter access, cable-car timetables, the cost of maintaining the road. These are asked for at the start of a negotiation, and it is better to have them to hand.
It is also the market where selling times vary most: the pool is narrow and the asking price weighs more than down in the valley. We say in advance how many months it is reasonable to expect, as well as the figure.
Property valuation, municipality by municipality
The value of a property does not stop at the edge of the valley: it changes from one municipality to the next, and often from one hamlet to the next. Below, for every municipality in this area, is what actually moves the price — and where we start from when you ask us for a valuation.
What is a home in Renon worth?
On Renon the first distinction concerns use: a home reachable and liveable all year, or a second home. Collepietra, Soprabolzano and Costalovara address different buyers, and the cable-car connection bears on value. Any restriction agreement also needs checking: it sets a maximum price and narrows the pool of buyers by law.
What is a home in San Genesio worth?
San Genesio is a quarter of an hour from Bolzano and much of the demand comes from the city. The view over the basin, winter access and the extent of the land attached all bear on value. Sales here are few each year, so the comparison is built case by case rather than drawn from a database.
What is a home in Sarentino worth?
In the Val Sarentino the market is largely local, with lower values and its own timescales. A farm and a village house follow different rules: with a closed farm, indivisibility and the right of pre-emption apply, and both are settled before any discussion of price, because they narrow the pool of possible buyers.
What we have in this area
We have nothing available in this area at the moment. Things often come free before they are published: if you are looking here, write to us and we will let you know. And if you have something to sell here, this is an area where we have waiting enquiries.
Questions we get
Can you live on Renon and work in Bolzano?
Yes: the cable car links Soprabolzano to the centre of Bolzano in a few minutes, with frequent departures. The practical point to weigh is the timetable in the evening and on public holidays, which governs journeys outside working hours.
Is winter a problem?
It depends on the altitude and on the aspect of the access road more than on the municipality. It is one of the things we look at when valuing a property up high, together with the type of heating and the insulation: they bear considerably on running costs.
What is my house on Renon or in San Genesio worth?
Altitude, aspect, the view and winter access all count, as do the annual running costs, which a buyer weighs from the outset. The valuation is done on site and set against sales on the plateau rather than in Bolzano: they are two distinct markets. It is free and without obligation.
Guides for selling a home in South Tyrol
The residents' restriction, the land register, taxes: what is worth knowing before you buy or sell.
The documents you need to sell in the province of Bolzano
The list here is longer than in the rest of Italy, because the land register sits alongside the cadastre. We set out what is needed, who issues it and the order in which it is best obtained.
The land register: what changes when you sell here
It is the most significant difference between selling in the province of Bolzano and selling in the rest of Italy, and it is worth knowing before you sign anything.
The residents' restriction: what it means for a seller
Two identical flats in the same building can be worth different sums depending on the restriction attached to them. We set out how to recognise it and what it means for a sale.