Casa indipendente
La tua oasi di pace sulle colline dell'Oltrepo' Pavese a Poggio Ferrato deliziosa casa immersa nel verde e nella tranquillità disposta su due piani e composta di ingresso - ampio salone con camino -grande cucina a vista e bagno al piano terra. scala di accesso al primo piano dove troviamo due camere da letto matrimoniali e una cameretta. Attraverso una...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €909/m² before works, this €100,000 country house is already more than twice the local comparison level of €424/m²; allowing roughly €200/m² for unspecified updates raises the effective cost to about €1,109/m². The description is appealing and mentions a garden, but it does not state the condition, construction year, or energy performance, so the premium is difficult to justify.
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 58/100This is in the Oltrepò Pavese hill country, on the first ridges of the Ligurian Apennines. The Staffora valley is the main local valley system, and the landscape around Val di Nizza is made of wooded slopes, small fields and scattered hamlets. The nearest larger centre is Voghera, which provides the main rail connections, hospitals and wider shopping and services. The area is known for Oltrepò Pavese vineyards and hill agriculture.