Mariana Mantovana
Mariana Mantovana. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, cantina.
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
The €13,851 asking price is extremely low at €15/m², but renovating 894 m² at roughly €700/m² implies an effective cost near €716/m², above the local €419/m² benchmark. The listing mentions heating, a garage and cellar, but does not say how many bathrooms there are or provide construction and energy details.
More on the house and the area
The photographed interiors are bright, modern, and attractive, with a particularly appealing kitchen and loft-like living space. However, the listing facts describe a renovation property with no recorded bathrooms, so it cannot be treated as a ready-to-live-in home; the apparent photo/fact mismatch is a major concern.
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€177,000 – €314,000
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 gallery shows a polished modern interior, but the listing facts say the property needs renovation and has no bathrooms recorded.
- The extremely low price and stated 894 sqm should be verified carefully, as the photos may not represent the same property.
- No meaningful view, garden, historic character, or Italian landscape appeal is shown.
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.