CASA INDIPENDENTE con 3 CAMERE DA LETTO
CASA INDIPENDENTE con 3 CAMERE DA LETTO. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, terrazzo, impianto tv con parabola satellitare, arredato, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €80,000 asking price is €748/m², and with an estimated €200/m² for a habitable home, the effective cost is about €948/m²—well above the €409/m² local comparison level. The independent house has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, heating, garage and terrace, but the price leaves little margin for a buyer.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€7,000 – €12,000
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.
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 40/100The area is the Po valley at the edge of the Po River corridor, with flat cultivated land and riverbank landscapes around Calendasco and nearby Piacenza. The Po is the main named feature within reach, and the Trebbia joins it near Piacenza. Piacenza is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre, services and rail connections. This part of the lower Piacenza plain is known for arable farming and for the Via Francigena crossing the Po toward Piacenza.