Via del Boschetto, Fombio
Via del Boschetto, Fombio. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €55,000 (€797/m²), the apartment is close to the local €767/m² benchmark, but estimated habitable-condition costs bring the effective price to about €997/m². The garage and autonomous heating add value, though the listing does not say the room or bathroom count.
More on the house and the area
A bright, fully modernized and apparently move-in-ready apartment with an attractive kitchen, polished bathroom, heating, and garage. The interiors are stylish and usable, and the price looks compelling for 69 sqm, but the ordinary apartment-block exterior and lack of a distinctive setting limit the dream-home appeal.
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€5,000 – €8,000
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.
- The apartment is in a plain, utilitarian multi-story building with little historic or exterior appeal.
- The flat, distant outlook is pleasant but not a dramatic Italian landscape view.
- Bedroom count and bathroom details are not specified in the listing facts, despite the staged interior 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 33/100This is the lower Po plain near the River Po, with flat farmland, irrigation channels and levees as the defining landscape. The Po runs nearby and Piacenza is the nearest city of size, with full services, rail links and a historic centre.