Casa indipendente
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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €48,000 asking price is very low at €168/m², but the house explicitly needs renovation; at an estimated €700/m², the effective cost is about €868/m² versus a local reference of €333/m². Its central village location, garden, parking and 23 photos are positives, but renovating 285 m² is a substantial commitment.
More on the house and the area
A generous independent house with colorful shutters, sunny rooms, traditional terrazzo floors, antique details and unusually good outdoor space for a €48,000 price. It appears structurally complete and usable, but it is clearly an old-fashioned renovation project rather than a polished move-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€56,000 – €100,000
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.
- The property is explicitly sold as needing renovation, with dated finishes, old fixtures and at least one unfinished/raw room.
- A large 285 sqm house means potentially substantial renovation, heating and maintenance costs.
- No notable landscape view is shown; the appeal is the private courtyard, garden and large terrace in a town setting.
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 flat lower Scrivia plain near the Scrivia River, with cultivated fields and scattered settlements between Tortona and Alessandria. Tortona is the nearest town of size and has rail links, services and a historic centre. The wider area is known for agriculture and for lying on the route corridor between Piedmont, Liguria and Lombardy.