Casa bifamiliare in Via Palantone 174
PORPORANA – PORZIONE DI QUADRIFAMILIARE CON GIARDINO PRIVATO E DÉPENDANCE La tranquillità della campagna, gli spazi di una vera casa e Ferrara raggiungibile in circa quindici minuti. A Porporana, in via Palantone 174, proponiamo una porzione di quadrifamiliare disposta su due livelli, con una superficie complessiva…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Wiring
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €43,000 asking price is attractive at €368/m², but with an estimated €700/m² renovation allowance, the effective cost rises to about €1,066/m² versus a local benchmark of €557/m². The listing does not state the condition or renovation needs, and the energy class G suggests caution before viewing.
More on the house and the area
This is a spacious, solid townhouse with a pleasant rural outlook, a working-looking fireplace, generous rooms, and a traditional dining area. It appears roofed and structurally usable rather than a ruin, but the unfinished kitchen, uncertain bathroom fit-out, dated finishes, and visible maintenance issues mean it needs meaningful renovation before comfortable full-time living.
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€23,000 – €41,000
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.
- The kitchen appears unfinished, with no installed cabinets or appliances visible.
- The bathroom is tiled but fixtures and full usability are unclear from the photos.
- Interiors are dated and show patching, exposed wiring, and energy class G; the advertised garden and exterior are not 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 39/100The Po runs by Ficarolo, in the broad lower Po plain of embankments, fields and riverside settlements. This is the Polesine landscape between the Po and its branches, with flat agricultural land and flood-control works as the dominant setting. Occhiobello is the nearest larger centre, and Ferrara is the nearest major city with full services and a large historic centre just beyond the provincial border. The area is known for river agriculture and for the history of floods and land reclamation in the lower Po.