Terratetto plurifamiliare in Viadana
Terratetto plurifamiliare in Viadana. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage.
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 €70,000 for 429 m², the asking price is only €163/m², but substantial renovation could add roughly €300,000, bringing the effective cost near €863/m² versus a local benchmark of €419/m². Garage and autonomous heating help, but the scale of works makes this a weak renovation deal.
More on the house and the area
A substantial traditional Lombard townhouse with attractive exposed beams, original shutters, terrazzo floors, and a private grassy courtyard. The main living areas are roofed and usable, with a kitchen and bathrooms, but the property is dated and the outbuildings are in poor condition. At 429 sqm for €70,000, the size is an unusually strong value if renovation costs and legal usability check out.
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€85,000 – €151,000
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.
- The house is clearly dated and needs renovation, including damp/peeling areas and general modernization.
- The large attached rural outbuilding appears substantially more deteriorated and may require major structural work.
- No genuine scenic panorama is visible; the setting is a built-up residential neighborhood.
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 50/100The area is the Po plain on the lower Oglio and Po side of the Mantova province, with flat farmland, drainage canals and embanked rivers. The Po is the main landscape feature here, running just south of Pomponesco, and there are riverbank settlements and floodplain fields in the surrounding area. Sabbioneta, a UNESCO World Heritage town with a complete late Renaissance urban plan, is within this part of the lower Mantovano and is the main notable place nearby; it has major civic and military architecture rather than a mountain or lake setting. The nearest larger centres are Casalmaggiore and Viadana for everyday services, while Mantova is farther away. This part of the lower Po is known for river agriculture and for the Gonzaga small-town heritage of the Oglio-Po plain.