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CASA TERRA CIELO CON GIARDINO E RUSTICO DA RISTRUTTURARE NEL CUORE DI SORAGNA Scopri questa tipica casa di paese terra-cielo situata nel centro di Soragna, a soli 300 metri dalla storica Rocca e all'interno di un quartiere residenziale. Con oltre 300 m² di superficie commerciale totale, questa proprietà offre un ampio spazio da personalizzare secondo i propri gusti....
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €68,000 asking price is attractive at €227/m², but renovating roughly 300 m² at an estimated €700/m² brings the effective cost to about €927/m², well above comparable local stock. Its central Soragna location, garden, and proximity to the Rocca add value, but the substantial renovation scope limits the deal quality.
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€59,000 – €105,000
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 42/100Soragna sits in the lower Parma plain between the Po and the first Apennine foothills, in a flat agricultural landscape of fields, canals and scattered farm buildings. The Po is within this radius to the north, and the area is part of the broad Bassa Parmense plain shaped by irrigation and river deposits. Fidenza is the nearest larger town, with rail services, shops and everyday services; Parma is farther but important for higher-order services and transport. Soragna is known locally for the Rocca Meli Lupi and for food production in the Parma lowlands, especially the wider zone of culatello, Parmigiano Reggiano and cured meats.