Villa unifamiliare in Concordia sulla Secchia
Villa unifamiliare in Concordia sulla Secchia. Habitable, garage, balcone.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €75,000 plus an estimated €28,000 for habitable-condition work, the effective cost is about €736/m², more than double the €358/m² local benchmark. The garage and balcony add appeal, but the price is weak for a non-coastal location.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial, genuinely habitable house with multiple bedrooms, finished floors, a functioning bathroom, and plenty of usable living space. Its main appeal is the generous size and low price rather than beauty: the interiors are ordinary, dated, and cluttered, with no proven view, garden, or distinctive architectural character.
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€9,000 – €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 are very dated and heavily furnished, so cosmetic modernization and decluttering would be needed.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a 140 sqm, four-bedroom home.
- The gallery does not show the exterior, garden, balcony, garage, or surrounding setting.
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 34/100This is the flat plain of the lower Secchia, with the Secchia river corridor close by and a landscape of fields, drainage canals, embankments and scattered farmhouses. The nearest larger town is Carpi, which has a substantial historic centre and services, and Modena is the main city for higher-order services and rail connections. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the food economy of the Modena plain, including the wider zone of Lambrusco, pork products and the Emilia industrial-agricultural belt.