Appartamento in Massanzago
Appartamento in Massanzago. garage, balcone.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €642/m², the asking price is close to the local €616/m² benchmark, but assuming renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,342/m². The listing gives little detail and does not state the condition, bathroom count, or habitability, so this is an ordinary-to-weak deal rather than a clear bargain.
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€17,000 – €29,000
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 35/100The area is the flat Venetian plain between Padova, Treviso and the mainland side of Venice, with canals, drainage ditches and intensive farmland. The Muson dei Sassi runs through the commune, and the Brenta is nearby to the south. Padova is the nearest city of size, with full urban services and major historic monuments. No mountain, lake, protected landscape or coastal setting lies within about 15 km of the cluster; the Venetian Lagoon and the Euganean Hills are farther away and do not define the immediate surroundings. The area is known for mixed agriculture and for villa country across the central Veneto plain, but not for a specific named landscape here.