Casa singola immersa nel verde
CASA SINGOLA IMMERSA NEL VERDE. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, cantina, esposizione doppia.
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
The €48,000 asking price is attractive at €356/m², but allowing roughly €27,000 for habitable-condition updates brings the effective cost to about €556/m², above the €419/m² local benchmark. The independent heating, garage, cellar, double exposure and five-room layout support the price, though the listing does not state the construction year or energy class.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, spacious and immediately habitable four-bedroom home with two bathrooms, heating, garage, cellar and a leafy garden with grapevines. Its strongest appeal is the amount of usable house and land for €48,000, though the architecture is ordinary and the interiors would benefit from a substantial cosmetic refresh.
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€9,000 – €15,000
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 fully usable but very dated, with old furnishings, finishes and kitchen equipment.
- The exterior is plain and utilitarian rather than traditionally picturesque.
- The garden is green and productive, but appears close to a road and neighboring agricultural land.
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 flat plain of the lower Secchia, with the Secchia river corridor close by and a landscape of fields, drainage canals, embankments and scattered farmhouses. The nearest larger town is Carpi, which has a substantial historic centre and services, and Modena is the main city for higher-order services and rail connections. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the food economy of the Modena plain, including the wider zone of Lambrusco, pork products and the Emilia industrial-agricultural belt.