Casa indipendente in Via Cesare Battisti
In centro a Castelmassa, proponiamo casa indipendente subito abitabile di ampia metratura, composta da soggiorno ampio, cucina abitabile separata un bagno e garage al piano terra, tre camere matrimoniali un rispostiglio al piano primo. Completano la proprieta' il cortile privato e un garage singolo. Metri quatri 141 da…
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The €76,000 asking price equals €539/m², already above the local €392/m² benchmark; with a modest €200/m² allowance for an energy-class G home, the effective cost is about €739/m². Its central location, immediate habitability, generous space, private courtyard and garage support the price, but it is not a clear bargain.
More on the house and the area
A very solid, immediately usable home with a cheerful shuttered façade, a private courtyard garden, generous rooms, a fitted kitchen, and a proper bathroom. It is attractive and unusually spacious for the price, but the interiors are largely standard and the town-centre setting lacks dramatic views or standout historic features.
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.
- Energy class G suggests potentially high running costs.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a six-bed, seven-room house.
- The setting is central and practical but offers no notable landscape view; interiors are comfortable rather than architecturally distinctive.
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 lower Po plain around the Po River, with levees, fields and drainage canals. The Po runs by Calto and shapes the immediate landscape. The nearest larger towns are Rovigo and Ferrara, which provide the main services and rail connections. The area is known for agriculture in the Polesine plain.