Palazzina
Palazzina
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €485/m² before works, this 200 m² palazzina is already well above the local €201/m² benchmark; allowing roughly €700/m² for its unstated condition puts the effective cost near €1,185/m². The one-word description and absence of bathrooms, bedrooms, and condition details make the property difficult to assess and suggest substantial due diligence is needed.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial old Veneto palazzo with attractive proportions, traditional shutters, exposed brick, timber beams, and a small grassy area. However, the interiors are essentially raw and heavily deteriorated, with missing floors, damaged ceilings, debris, and no usable living facilities, so it is a major restoration project rather than a realistic home today.
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€40,000 – €70,000
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.
- Uninhabitable renovation project with stripped, debris-filled interiors and no visible kitchen or bathrooms.
- Significant structural and building-services work appears necessary; roof and timber elements require professional inspection.
- Directly on a public road, with limited privacy and no clear dedicated parking shown.
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 53/100This is the central Venetian plain between Padova and the Brenta system, with flat agricultural land, drainage canals and dispersed settlements. The Brenta runs nearby to the north-west, and the Riviera del Brenta begins within this area with a chain of villas and riverside settlements along the old water route toward Venice. Mira and Dolo are the nearest larger centres, with everyday services and commuter links toward Padova and Venice. The area is known for the villas of the Brenta and for market-gardening and mixed agriculture on the plain.