Casa da ristrutturare con cortile e magazzino
Casa da ristrutturare con cortile e magazzino. Needs renovation, garage, esposizione esterna, impianto tv con parabola satellitare.
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 €35,000 (€156/m²), the purchase price is low, but estimated renovation costs of about €157,500 bring the effective cost to roughly €856/m², well above the local comparison level of €435/m². The listing does not say the building year or energy class.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial old rural house with attractive historic details, including exposed masonry, aged beams, traditional shutters, and a large private courtyard/yard. However, it is currently a renovation project rather than a usable home: the interiors are bare and worn, with damaged plaster, basic floors, and no clearly finished living facilities.
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€45,000 – €79,000
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.
- Major renovation is required; interiors are stripped, damp-looking, and visibly deteriorated.
- No finished kitchen or bathroom is shown, so immediate livability is doubtful.
- The surrounding setting is agricultural and utilitarian rather than scenic or picturesque.
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 38/100The area sits in the lower Po plain by the Po River, with flat agricultural land, embankments, canals and scattered farm buildings. The Oglio enters the Po just east of Viadana, and the landscape is shaped more by river levees and cultivated fields than by relief. Casalmaggiore is the nearest town of some size and has a historic centre and riverfront; Mantova is farther away and matters more for services than for the immediate landscape. This stretch of the Mantovano is known for farming and river-land settlements.