Terratetto plurifamiliare in Piubega
Terratetto plurifamiliare in Piubega. Needs renovation, esposizione esterna, impianto tv con parabola satellitare.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €40,000 for 200 m², the purchase price is €200/m², but estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €900/m² versus a local reference of €419/m². The listing says it needs renovation and does not specify bathrooms, energy performance, or the full scope of works.
More on the house and the area
The townhouse has some historic character in its long weathered façade, original shutters, brickwork, and traditional street setting. However, the interiors are extremely basic and deteriorated, with damaged finishes, clutter, poor services, and no listed bathroom, making this a substantial renovation project rather than a usable home.
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€40,000 – €70,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Major renovation required; interiors are damp, cluttered, and visibly deteriorated.
- No bathroom is shown or listed, and utilities/systems are unclear.
- Rear courtyard/storage area appears overgrown with damaged roofing and rubble.
- No attractive views, garden, or move-in-ready living space are evident.
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 35/100The cluster sits on the Lombardy sector of the Pianura Padana (Po Plain): flat lowland terrain dominated by arable farming and irrigated parcels. The immediate area (within ~15 km) consists of small towns and villages, agricultural fields, drainage/irrigation canals and provincial roads. No mountains, lakes or coastline lie inside the 15 km radius; there are no national or regional parks or ski lifts in the immediate surroundings. The provincial capital Mantova (Mantua) is roughly 20 km to the southeast and provides regional rail links, hospital services and a historic city centre. There are local food- and farm-related activities in the province but no named landscape feature or protected-site attraction within 15 km.