Via Guado Malpensata, 17, Ceresara
Via Guado Malpensata, 17, Ceresara. autonomo heating, garage, cantina.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €28,050 asking price is €208/m², about 50% below the local €419/m² benchmark, with heating, garage and cellar included. However, the listing does not state the condition, bathrooms, construction year or energy performance; allowing roughly €700/m² for renovation brings the effective cost to about €908/m².
More on the house and the area
The renovated-looking interior is bright, spacious, and immediately livable in appearance, with attractive wood floors, a modern kitchen, and a high-quality bathroom. At €28,050 for 135 m² it looks like a striking bargain, but the exterior setting is ordinary and the inconsistent photos make the real condition and identity of the home uncertain.
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€27,000 – €48,000
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.
- The gallery appears inconsistent: polished interiors are paired with very different exterior/building images, so the actual property should be verified carefully.
- The listing facts show 0 bathrooms and no stated condition or energy class, despite the bathroom photo.
- Urban surroundings are unattractive and there is no visible Italian landscape, historic character, or private garden.
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.