Costanzana – terratetto da ristrutturare con giardino
COSTANZANA – TERRATETTO DA RISTRUTTURARE CON GIARDINO. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, impianto tv con parabola satellitare, arredato, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €55,000 asking price is attractive at €227/m², with a garage, garden and autonomous heating, but renovating 242 m² could bring the estimated effective cost to about €927/m² versus roughly €345/m² for comparable homes. The listing does not say when it was built or provide an energy rating, and Costanzana is inland and not a high-value tourist location.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, traditional townhouse with warm woodwork, antique furnishings, patterned floors, and some old-world character in the finished rooms. However, the property is only partly usable: several substantial rooms are raw or heavily deteriorated, with damp staining and exposed wiring, so it is a renovation project rather than a ready dream home.
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€48,000 – €85,000
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 needed, especially in the damp, unfinished rooms and stairwell.
- Visible moisture damage, cracked/aged finishes, and outdated wiring or plumbing should be investigated.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a 242 sqm townhouse; garden and exterior appeal are not demonstrated in the gallery.
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 38/100This is flat rice-country on the Vercelli plain, in the eastern Piedmont section of the Po valley. The area is crossed by irrigation canals and paddies linked to the rice cultivation for which the Vercelli province is known. The nearest town of size is Vercelli, which has a substantial historic centre and services.