Casa Indipendente
Casa Indipendente. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, caminetto, esposizione esterna, impianto tv con parabola satellitare.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Asking price €45,000 for 190 m² (237 €/m²) but needs full renovation (~700 €/m²), so effective cost ≈ €178,000 (~937 €/m²) versus regional median ~409 €/m²; the project is likely more expensive than buying a renovated house in the area. Listing has 11 photos and heating, but is inland (94 km from the sea).
More on the house and the area
Good-sized 190 sqm townhouse with attractive original wooden beams and a brick fireplace — solid roof and floors are present. It’s a liveable shell that requires comprehensive renovation (plaster, finishes, services) but offers strong rustic character and useful outbuildings/yard at a very low price.
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€38,000 – €67,000
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.
- Peeling plaster, damp stains and visible cracks throughout interior walls
- Floors, windows and finishes need replacement or extensive repair
- Large open barn/outbuilding area is rough and will require structural/roof work
- Bathrooms and services will need updating or replacement
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 37/100This is the flat southern Veronese plain, part of the wider Po Valley, with a landscape of irrigated fields, drainage canals and scattered villages. The nearest town of size is Verona, which has major rail connections, a large historic centre and the UNESCO-listed city core. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for rice-growing zones in the wider plain toward the Veronese lowlands.