Casa Indipendente con Ampia Area Privata a Volongo
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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €25,000 asking price looks low at €83/m², but renovating 300 m² at an estimated €700/m² brings the effective cost to about €783/m², well above the local €352/m² benchmark. The large farmhouse has useful garage, cellar and heating, but its renovation burden overwhelms the entry-price discount.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial traditional farmhouse with excellent character: exposed brick courtyards, a covered portico, old beams, tiled floors and antique-style rooms. It appears structurally roofed and partly usable, but the worn finishes, cracks and neglected ancillary spaces make this a serious renovation project rather than a move-in home. The private courtyard and generous space provide real potential for a beautiful residence once restored.
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€59,000 – €105,000
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.
- The property is explicitly sold as completely needing renovation, despite having a bathroom, kitchen, heating and roofed interiors.
- Visible wall cracking, damp-looking plaster, worn floors and neglected outbuildings suggest substantial work.
- The large courtyard and portico are attractive but currently rough and largely undeveloped; no special landscape view is shown.
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 flat lower Po plain between the Oglio and Chiese river country, with fields, drainage channels and scattered villages. The nearest larger centres are Cremona and Casalmaggiore for everyday services, rail connections and a fuller historic centre. This part of the plain is known for intensive agriculture and dairying linked to the Grana Padano area.