Trilocale a Castel San Giovanni,
CASTEL SAN GIOVANNI - IN palazzina a 2 passi dal comune, troviamo APPARTAMENTO TRILOCALE con posto auto e cantina, composta da cucina con angolo cottura, soggiorno, 2 camere da letto, bagno e balcone.
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
At €85,000 (€1,000/m²), the asking price is about 9% above comparable local stock, and allowing roughly €200/m² for a habitable home brings the effective cost to about €1,200/m². The garage, balcony, heating, and 1-day listing age are positives, but the price is not discounted.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable, furnished apartment with a functional kitchen, living room, two bedrooms, balcony, heating, parking, and cellar. However, the building and interiors are ordinary and dated, with no visible historic character, garden, or compelling view to create a strong dream-home appeal.
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 – €9,000
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.
- Plain urban apartment with no notable view or outdoor living space
- Interiors are habitable but dated and heavily personalized
- Only one bathroom; likely limited privacy for three bedrooms
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 52/100This is in the lower Val Tidone on the western edge of the Emilia-Romagna plain, with cultivated fields and wine hills rising a short distance to the south. The Tidone valley and the first ridges of the Piacentine Apennines are within the local landscape. Piacenza is the nearest city of size, with a full set of services, rail connections and a substantial historic centre. The wider area is known for vineyards and wines including Gutturnio and Ortrugo, and for mixed arable farming in the plain.