Villa unifamiliare in Monticelli d'Ongina
Villa unifamiliare in Monticelli d'Ongina. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, cancello elettrico, fibra ottica, porta blindata, videocitofono, balcone, terrazzo, cantina, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingHabitableThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
Must be done first
- Plumbing
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €29,146 (€204/m²), this habitable 143 m² villa has attractive entry pricing and useful features including heating, garage, terrace, cellar and fiber. Allowing about €28,600 for normal updating brings the effective cost to roughly €404/m², modestly above the local €356/m² benchmark; the listing does not state the number of bathrooms.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, inexpensive house with generous windows, a garage, terraces and some outdoor space, but it has little distinctive architectural character or scenic setting. The interior photographs show a substantial renovation project rather than a move-in-ready home, with unfinished floors, incomplete installations and no visible bathroom or kitchen.
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€10,000 – €16,000
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.
- Interiors appear unfinished, with raw concrete floors, exposed works and significant decorating/fit-out needed.
- No bathroom or kitchen is shown despite the listing calling the property habitable.
- The garden is heavily overgrown, and visible wall cracks and exterior wear warrant a structural and moisture inspection.
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 37/100The area sits on the Po plain close to the River Po, with flat farmland, embankments and scattered settlements. Cremona is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and services. This stretch of the lower Piacenza plain is known for agriculture and cured-meat production, including the wider zona of salumi around the Po.