Casa indipendente in Via Castello
In posizione tranquilla e riservata, proponiamo due unità abitative con interessante potenziale di trasformazione, ideale per chi desidera realizzare una soluzione abitativa personalizzata o un investimento immobiliare. L’immobile offre la possibilità di essere ristrutturato e organizzato come un’unica ampia unità…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €25,000 asking price is only €153/m², but the property needs substantial renovation; at an estimated €700/m², the effective cost is about €854/m² versus a local reference of €414/m². The listing offers 163 m² and two-unit flexibility, but it does not state the current condition or renovation scope in detail.
More on the house and the area
A large, characterful rural property with traditional shutters, exposed brickwork, tiled roofs, timber ceilings and a private courtyard. Part of the house has usable floors, bathroom and basic kitchen fittings, but the older sections need significant refurbishment rather than being move-in ready.
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€32,000 – €57,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed, especially in the older rooms with deteriorated plaster and unfinished surfaces.
- Only one bathroom is shown, and the kitchen area appears basic and dated.
- The courtyard is overgrown and the property appears to comprise two units requiring reconfiguration or separate renovation.
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 34/100This is flat Po Valley farmland between Cremona and the lower Oglio-Adda plain, with fields, irrigation channels and scattered farmsteads as the main landscape. Cremona is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and services. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the wider Cremona plain’s dairy and pork production.