Grande casa con 4 camere, oltre 600 mq di giardino, rustici e garage a Serravalle a Po
Grande casa con 4 camere, oltre 600 mq di giardino, rustici e garage a Serravalle a Po. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €250/m², the €75,000 asking price is attractive, but estimated habitable-home costs bring the effective price to about €450/m², slightly above the €419/m² local benchmark. The large garden, rustics, garage and heating add value, though the rural location and lack of stated energy information limit the upside.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable, spacious home rather than a renovation shell, with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, working living spaces, heating, garage space and a large garden. Its strongest visual appeal comes from the generous outdoor land and attractive exposed-brick vaulted ceilings in the older service areas, while the main interiors are clean but plainly finished and dated. At €75,000 for roughly 300 sqm plus over 600 sqm of garden, it has real bargain potential for someone seeking space and a practical Italian base.
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€20,000 – €34,000
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.
- Interiors are habitable but dated and would benefit from cosmetic updating.
- The very large house, garden, garages and ancillary rustic spaces may require substantial ongoing maintenance.
- The setting is flat and semi-rural, without a dramatic landscape view.
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 34/100This is the lower Po plain around the Po River, with flat agricultural land, drainage canals and embanked roads. The Po is the main named landscape feature within reach. Mantova is the nearest major city of size, with a historic centre and services, but it is outside the immediate area. This part of the province is known for intensive farming and for the lowland river plain landscape between Lombardy and Veneto.