Casale/cascina a Badia Polesine,
Badia Polesine: in zona di campagna, rustico singolo da ristrutturare con terreno di circa 10.000 mq. Ideale come seconda casa per chi cerca un posto dove rilassarsi nei week end. Prezzo trattabile per immediato realizzo. Occasione! € 29.000, 00.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €242/m², the asking price is low, but renovating 120 m² at roughly €700/m² puts the estimated all-in cost near €113,000, or about €942/m²—well above comparable local properties. The 10,000 m² of land is attractive, but the listing gives few renovation details and only three photos.
More on the house and the area
The farmhouse sits on approximately 10,000 sqm of open Veneto countryside, offering privacy, agricultural views, and unusually generous land for €29,000. However, it is explicitly a renovation project and the photos only prove a weathered exterior, not a ready-to-live-in 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€24,000 – €42,000
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.
- Rustico da ristrutturare; the gallery shows no livable interiors.
- Likely requires substantial renovation, including utilities, kitchen, bathroom, and finishes.
- Very isolated rural setting with limited immediate amenities; access and utility connections should be verified.
- Flat agricultural landscape is pleasant but lacks a dramatic view or distinctive historic character.
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 36/100The area is the lower Po plain around the Adige, with flat agricultural land and drainage canals. The Adige runs by Badia Polesine, and the Po is not far to the south. Rovigo is the nearest town of size, with the usual services and rail links for the Polesine area. This part of Polesine is known for arable farming and river-land reclamation landscapes.