Villetta a schiera in Busca
Rif. 7 - Mezzanino - casa a schiera su più livelli - piano terra: soggiorno con camino - cucina; piano primo: una camera ampia - bagno - balcone; piano secondo: due locali mansardati, oltre terreno in proprietà esclusiva ca 700 mq con rustici- Euro 68.000, 00 I rustici in proprietà sono in parte delle costruzioni in legno, oltre una dependance...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €850/m² before works, this is already more than twice the local €411/m² benchmark; allowing a conservative €700/m² renovation budget raises the effective cost to about €1,550/m². The house has attractive garden, balcony and outbuildings, but its condition is not stated, so the price is difficult to justify.
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€16,000 – €28,000
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 cluster is in the lower Po Valley, with flat cultivated land around the Po and its side channels; the Po runs nearby at Bressana and Portalbera and shapes the local landscape more than any hill or mountain. Pavia is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre, the Certosa a little farther north, and the services of a provincial capital. This part of Oltrepò Pavese is known mainly for agriculture and for the approach to the wine hills farther south, but those hills are outside the immediate landscape here.