Casa indipendente in Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 46
L’Agenzia Immobiliare Savani propone in vendita, nel pieno centro di Ostiano, un immobile di ampia metratura con annesso spazio commerciale, cortile interno e giardino privato. Al piano terra si trovano due ampie stanze precedentemente adibite a negozio, oltre ad altri due locali, un bagno e l’accesso al cortile…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €90,000 (€621/m²), the asking price is already about 49% above the local €416/m² benchmark; after roughly €700/m² for renovation, the effective cost rises to about €1,321/m². The central location, garden and flexible layout add value, but the property includes former commercial space, only one bathroom, and the listing does not specify its condition or construction year.
More on the house and the area
A handsome historic town house with a characterful Italian facade, original patterned floors, shutters, traditional doors, an ornate stair railing, and a private rear courtyard garden. It is a real, roofed and usable home with heating, kitchen, bathroom, and furnished rooms, but the interiors are dated and worn, while much of the ground floor remains commercial space.
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€29,000 – €51,000
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.
- Requires renovation, modernization, and substantial cleaning despite no apparent major structural work.
- Ground floor is currently commercial space; converting it to residential use requires urban and cadastral verification.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a large multi-level property.
- The home fronts a central street, so traffic and commercial visibility may affect privacy and quiet.
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 35/100This is flat lower Po plain country between the Oglio and Chiese river systems, with irrigated fields, drainage canals and scattered farmsteads. The nearest town of size is Cremona, which has a substantial historic centre and services; Brescia and Mantova are also practical larger centres for work and shopping. The area is known for intensive agriculture and dairy farming in the Pianura Padana.