Casa singola su due livelli con rustico e box
CASA SINGOLA SU DUE LIVELLI CON RUSTICO E BOX. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, fibra ottica, porta blindata, cucina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €14,625 purchase price is exceptionally low at €74/m², but substantial renovation at roughly €700/m² brings the estimated all-in cost to about €775/m²—well above the local €419/m² benchmark. The listing does not say how many bathrooms the house has, adding uncertainty despite the 31 photos and included box.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, very inexpensive traditional townhouse with tiled floors, shutters, a private rear courtyard, and attached rustic spaces. The interiors appear occupied and roofed rather than derelict, but the property is dated and needs meaningful renovation; the lack of a listed bathroom is a major livability concern.
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€39,000 – €69,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed, especially in the courtyard and outbuildings.
- No bathroom is listed, so essential plumbing and sanitary work may be required.
- The home fronts a fairly busy, visually ordinary town road.
- Roof and utility condition should be professionally verified.
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 38/100This is the flat rice-growing plain of Lomellina between the Sesia and Po systems, with a landscape of irrigation canals, fields and scattered farmsteads. The Sesia river runs a few kilometres west of Palestro. Vercelli is the nearest town of size, with rail services and everyday amenities. The area is known for rice cultivation and for the 1859 Battle of Palestro in the Second Italian War of Independence.