Redondesco, casa indipendente con corte privata
REDONDESCO, CASA INDIPENDENTE CON CORTE PRIVATA. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, taverna, accesso per disabili, balcone, impianto tv con parabola satellitare, esposizione doppia.
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 €80,000 for 425 m², the headline price is attractive, but the listing says it needs renovation. Using an estimated €700/m² renovation budget, the effective cost is about €888/m² versus a local median of €419/m², making this a weak deal unless much of the space needs only cosmetic work.
More on the house and the area
This is a very large, authentic village townhouse with a solid roof, usable rooms, multiple bedrooms, bathrooms, heating and distinctive period details such as decorative ceilings, patterned floors and traditional furnishings. It appears broadly habitable but dated rather than move-in ready, with renovation needed to modernize the interiors and investigate visible cracks; its setting offers modest countryside glimpses but no dramatic view.
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€84,000 – €149,000
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.
- Clearly dated interiors and finishes need substantial cosmetic renovation.
- Visible ceiling/wall cracking should be professionally checked.
- The kitchen and full condition of the 425 sqm property are not shown; the home fronts a public road.
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 49/100This is the plain of the upper Po basin, with cultivated fields, irrigation channels and scattered farmsteads between the Mincio and Oglio systems. The nearest larger centres are Castiglione delle Stiviere and Mantova; Mantova has the main concentration of services and a historic city centre with major monuments. The morainic hills south of Lake Garda begin around Solferino and Cavriana, roughly at the edge of the 15 km radius, and mark the transition from flat plain to rolling ground. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for being in the wider Mantovano plain.