Villa Via San Rocco, 6, 26867, Somaglia
Villa Via San Rocco, 6, 26867, Somaglia. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, esposizione esterna, impianto tv con parabola satellitare.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €99,000 (€360/m²), the 275 m² villa needs renovation estimated at about €192,500, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,060/m² versus €432/m² for comparable local homes. The garage, heating and 90 photos are positives, but they do not offset the substantial renovation burden.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, functional town house with a garage, fitted kitchen, heating, tiled floors, and several usable rooms. However, the interiors are plain and visibly tired, while the street-facing exterior offers limited charm and no proven outdoor setting or view.
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€54,000 – €97,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Needs substantial cosmetic renovation, with peeling paint and wall damp/staining visible.
- Directly on a busy town street with little apparent outdoor space or privacy.
- No notable view, garden, terrace, or distinctive interior character is 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 31/100This is the lower Po plain between the Adda and Po river systems, with flat agricultural land and scattered irrigation channels. The Po is the main nearby river landscape to the south, and the Adda runs west of the area. Casalpusterlengo is the nearest town of size for daily needs, and Lodi and Piacenza are the nearest larger centres with fuller services and rail connections. The area is known for intensive farming and dairy production in the Padana plain.