Appartamento a persichello
APPARTAMENTO A PERSICHELLO. Habitable, autonomo heating, porta blindata, impianto tv centralizzato, cantina, esposizione doppia.
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €929/m², the asking price is already above comparable local stock, and estimated habitable-home costs bring the effective figure to about €1,129/m² versus a €764/m² benchmark. The apartment has useful features such as independent heating, double exposure and a cellar, but the listing does not say when it was built or provide an energy rating.
More on the house and the area
This is a clean, bright and clearly habitable 70 m² apartment with a comfortable living room, bedroom, bathroom, heating and useful cellar. It feels like a practical full-time home rather than a dream Italian retreat: the interiors are well maintained but ordinary, and the exterior setting offers little visual drama.
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€5,000 – €8,000
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.
- Plain apartment-block setting with no scenic view or distinctive historic character.
- The kitchen is narrow and the cellar/storage area is very cluttered.
- Outdoor green space appears communal rather than a private garden or terrace.
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 41/100This is the lower Po plain around Cremona, with flat agricultural land cut by irrigation canals and minor roads. The Po River runs south of the area, and the Oglio enters the Po farther east in the province. Cremona is the nearest city of size, with a substantial historic centre, the cathedral and Torrazzo, and services at city scale. The area is known for intensive farming and for the wider Cremona tradition of violin making.