Casa indipendente in Via Argine Casalmaggiore
A Motta Baluffi proponiamo in vendita una spaziosa casa indipendente, ideale per chi cerca ampi spazi abitativi, indipendenza e locali accessori dalle molteplici possibilità di utilizzo. L'abitazione si sviluppa su due livelli e dispone di un ingresso indipendente. Al piano terra troviamo un soggiorno, una sala da…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €70,000 (€490/m²), the house is only slightly above comparable local pricing before works; allowing about €100,000 for renovation brings the effective cost to roughly €1,189/m². The description highlights spaces to personalize and does not state the condition or construction year, so the true project cost is uncertain.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely large, independent country house with a private courtyard/garden, garage/taverna, cellar, and substantial outbuildings. It is a real furnished home with a working-looking kitchen and bathroom rather than an empty shell, but the interiors and exterior are heavily dated, worn, and visibly affected by peeling finishes and possible damp, so it lacks the dream-home visual appeal without significant renovation.
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€28,000 – €50,000
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.
- Very dated interiors with extensive peeling paint and apparent damp/moisture issues.
- Likely needs substantial cosmetic renovation and possibly roof, facade, and systems checks.
- Only one bathroom for a four-bedroom house; energy class G.
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 38/100This is Po plain country on the lower Oglio and Po rivers, with flat agricultural land, irrigation canals, embankments and poplar cultivation around the villages. The Po is the main landscape feature within reach, with riverbank roads, levees and patches of riparian woodland. Cremona is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre, the cathedral and Torrazzo, and the city's violin-making tradition is the best-known cultural reference for the area.