Casa indipendente in Via Arnoldo Avanzi
Nel cuore del paese proponiamo in vendita un immobile di carattere storico, completamente da ristrutturare, ideale per chi desidera realizzare un importante progetto di recupero edilizio o un investimento immobiliare ad alto potenziale. La proprietà si sviluppa su più livelli e offre ampi spazi che consentono diverse…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €56,000 asking price is attractive at €230/m², but the property is completely to renovate; estimated total costs reach about €323,300, or €1,330/m², far above the €376/m² local benchmark. The listing’s images are AI-generated post-renovation visuals, so they should not be treated as evidence of current condition.
More on the house and the area
This large historic townhouse has a handsome street façade with decorative arches, shutters, and a pleasant internal courtyard, giving it genuine character. However, the real interiors are largely a rough, deteriorated shell, while the polished rooms shown are AI-generated concepts, so this is a major renovation project rather than a livable home.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€96,000 – €142,000
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.
- Completely requires renovation; several interior areas are visibly stripped, damp-stained, and uninhabitable.
- The attractive finished interiors are explicitly AI-generated representative images, not the current condition.
- No confirmed utilities, structural condition, or renovation/legal details are provided.
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 39/100The area sits on the Po plain by the River Po, with levees, fields and scattered farm buildings as the dominant landscape. Guastalla is the nearest larger town and has a historic centre with arcaded streets and civic buildings linked to the Gonzaga period. This stretch of the lower Reggio Emilia plain is known for agriculture and for river-land environments along the Po.