Terracielo in vendita
TERRACIELO IN VENDITA. Needs renovation, garage, caminetto, mansarda, impianto tv con parabola satellitare, cantina, esposizione doppia.
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 €59,000 asking price looks low at €132/m², but renovation at roughly €700/m² brings the estimated all-in cost to about €832/m²—well above the local €419/m² benchmark. Sabbioneta’s historic appeal and the garage, cellar, fireplace, and generous size add value, but the listing does not state the building age or energy performance.
More on the house and the area
This large historic townhouse has strong character: traditional timber-beamed ceilings, old tiled floors, a fireplace, a cobbled Sabbioneta setting and a private overgrown garden. However, the interiors are severely dated and deteriorated, with damp, cracking, peeling finishes and no apparent functioning kitchen, making it a substantial renovation project rather than a livable dream home today.
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€89,000 – €157,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is required throughout, including plaster, ceilings, floors and likely electrical/plumbing systems.
- The property appears vacant and dusty, with damp staining, cracks and extensive deterioration; it is not move-in ready.
- The overgrown private garden/courtyard will need clearing and landscaping. [Bathroom is present, but no usable kitchen 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 33/100This is the lower Po plain between the Oglio and Po river systems, with flat farmland, drainage canals and scattered hamlets. The Po runs nearby to the south and the Oglio is not far to the east, shaping the area more as reclaimed agricultural plain than as a distinct river landscape. Casalmaggiore is the nearest town of size and has everyday services, a hospital and a bridge crossing of the Po. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the wider Cremonese-Mantovano plain rather than for a named scenic site within the immediate surroundings.