Quadrilocale in Caldogno
Quadrilocale in Caldogno. Habitable.
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 asking price is €587/m², close to the local €597/m² benchmark, but a habitable-condition allowance of about €18,400 brings the estimated effective cost to roughly €787/m². The listing is very brief, though 30 photos and the one-day market age provide some support.
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€6,000 – €10,000
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.
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 48/100This is the northwestern edge of the Vicenza plain, with cultivated land, canals and scattered settlements at the foot of the Venetian Prealps. The Bacchiglione runs through the area. Vicenza is immediately south, with a substantial historic centre including Palladian buildings and city services. The first Prealpine relief rises within a short distance around Montecchio Maggiore, Schio and the lower valleys toward the Pasubio and Asiago areas, but the cluster itself is in the plain.