Casa indipendente con annessi da ristrutturare
CASA INDIPENDENTE CON ANNESSI DA RISTRUTTURARE. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, fibra ottica, porta blindata, cucina, balcone, cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Structure
- Roof
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €27,300 (€120/m²), the house looks cheap upfront, but a €700/m² renovation estimate brings the effective cost to about €820/m²—nearly double the €420/m² local benchmark. The listing does not state the number of bathrooms, and the remote inland location offers little additional value.
More on the house and the area
The property has some old stone-and-brick character and a potentially attractive rural setting, but the photos show a severely neglected, largely unusable structure rather than a livable home. Extensive roof and annex deterioration, rubble, vegetation, and the absence of a listed bathroom place it firmly in ruin-level renovation territory.
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€45,000 – €80,000
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.
- Severe renovation project with heavily overgrown grounds and extensive structural decay visible.
- Several annexes appear partially collapsed, with damaged or missing roof sections.
- No bathroom is listed, and the interiors are not currently habitable.
- A full technical, structural, utilities, and legal assessment is essential before bidding.
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 58/100This is in the Oltrepò Pavese hill country, on the first ridges of the Ligurian Apennines. The Staffora valley is the main local valley system, and the landscape around Val di Nizza is made of wooded slopes, small fields and scattered hamlets. The nearest larger centre is Voghera, which provides the main rail connections, hospitals and wider shopping and services. The area is known for Oltrepò Pavese vineyards and hill agriculture.