Bilocale in Via Fossamana 5
Riferimento 02MN In contesto tranquillo e funzionale proponiamo in vendita appartamento al primo piano composto da ingresso diretto su luminosa zona giorno open space con accesso al balcone e zona notte composta da una camera matrimoniale e un bagno. Garage di proprietà al piano terra. Nota bene: Le foto comprendono…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €80,000 (€1,194/m²), the apartment is about 56% above the local sub-€100k median of €767/m², even before allowing roughly €200/m² for unspecified finishing or updates. The garage, balcony and terrace add value, but the listing does not state the condition and notes that some photos are renders.
More on the house and the area
This is a clean, bright and seemingly solid one-bedroom apartment with a balcony, garage, finished bathroom and pleasant open countryside outlook. However, its appeal is practical rather than dreamy: the kitchen and much of the styling are rendered, while the real interiors are basic and unfurnished. It looks broadly livable after fitting or confirming the kitchen, but offers little historic character or standout beauty.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€4,000 – €7,000
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.
- Several listing images are renders, including the furnished living room and kitchen, so the actual finish and kitchen installation need verification.
- The real photos show a plain, unfurnished apartment with standard finishes rather than distinctive Italian character.
- Only a modest balcony is shown; the outlook is open and green but not a dramatic view.
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 62/100The cluster is in the Po plain at Mantova, where the Mincio broadens into the Lago Superiore, Lago di Mezzo and Lago Inferiore around the city. The Mincio valley and its wetlands are the main landscape feature within reach, with the Parco del Mincio extending through the area. Mantova is the nearest town of size and has a substantial historic centre with the Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo Te and the cathedral. Mantova and Sabbioneta are a UNESCO World Heritage site. The area is known for the Gonzaga city, the lakes around the centre, and rice fields and irrigated farmland in the surrounding plain.