Abitazione: Cavarzere Via maresana n. 5
Abitazione: Cavarzere Via maresana n. 5. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, cucina, arredato.
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In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
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The €45,448 purchase price is only €148/m², but estimated renovation of about €215,600 brings the effective cost to roughly €848/m², well above the €408/m² local benchmark. Independent heating and a garage are positives, but the listing does not specify any bedrooms or bathrooms.
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This is a very large, functioning house for the price, with a usable kitchen, bathrooms, heating, bedrooms, garage, and one notably refreshed modern living area. However, the overall impression is practical rather than beautiful: the façade and setting are ordinary, while other rooms need decluttering and renovation.
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€61,000 – €108,000
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 listed as needing renovation, and part of the interior is visibly cluttered and dated.
- The exterior is plain, with a rough gravel courtyard and little evident landscaping or privacy.
- The flat rural setting offers no distinctive view or historic architectural character in the photos.
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 44/100This is the lower Po plain around the Adige and the network of reclaimed fields, canals and drainage works that shape the southern edge of the Venice province. The Po Delta Regional Park lies partly within this radius on the Veneto side, with lagoon and wetland landscapes toward the mouth of the Adige and Po di Levante. The nearest coast is the Adriatic at Rosolina Mare and the barrier-lagoon area around the delta. Chioggia is the nearest town of size, with a historic centre, fishing port and full services. The area is known for flat agricultural land, market gardening, fishing and wetland landscapes linked to the Po Delta.