Rustico/casale in Via Roma 12
a caorso casa cielo terra con giardino nel retro. completamente da ristrutturare! tetto nuovo! immobile non agibile pertanto acquistabile non tramite mutuo leggere bene!
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
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Although the roof is new, the 300 m² farmhouse is completely uninhabitable and cannot be financed by mortgage. At €70,000 plus roughly €900/m² renovation, the effective cost is about €1,133/m²—nearly four times the local €292/m² reference.
More on the house and the area
This large town farmhouse has genuine old-brick character, traditional wooden roof beams, shutters and a rear garden with redevelopment potential. However, it is a full renovation project rather than a usable home: the interiors are rough and neglected, the bathroom is obsolete, and the property is officially uninhabitable despite the new roof.
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, €900/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€59,000 – €105,000
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.
- Completely to renovate and currently declared uninhabitable.
- Interior condition is very poor, with damp-looking walls, obsolete bathroom and unfinished/rough spaces.
- Rear garden is heavily overgrown; financing is reportedly unavailable because the property is not habitable.
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 35/100Caorso sits on the lower Po plain near the River Po, in a flat agricultural landscape of fields, irrigation channels and levees. Piacenza is the nearest city of size, with a historic centre, services and rail connections. The area is known for intensive farming on the Po valley plain.