Villa
Villa
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €35,000 asking price is only €48/m² versus a €345/m² local benchmark, but renovating 727 m² at roughly €700/m² would bring the effective cost to about €749/m². The one-word description provides no condition, habitability, or renovation information, making this unusually large property too risky to rate as a deal.
More on the house and the area
The proposal shows a pleasant suburban villa concept with landscaped private gardens, generous outdoor space, and—depending on the plan—shared or private pool areas. However, there is no real interior or completed-house photography, and the condition is entirely unverified, so this currently reads more like a development project than a proven livable Italian 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€144,000 – €255,000
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.
- All visuals are architectural plans/renderings, not photographs of an existing home.
- The actual construction status, utilities, permits, finishes, and livability are unknown.
- The low price may represent land, a project, or an incomplete development rather than a ready-to-live-in villa.
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 35/100The area is the flat southern Veronese plain between the Adige and the lower Vicenza-Padua countryside, with fields, irrigation canals and small market towns. The nearest larger towns are Lonigo, San Bonifacio and Legnago for daily services, while Verona and Vicenza are farther off for a wider range of shops and transport. This part of Veneto is known more for agriculture and for small-town food traditions than for a named landscape feature.