Terratetto unifamiliare in Palazzo Pignano
Terratetto unifamiliare in Palazzo Pignano. Habitable, autonomo heating, cucina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €23,000 (€267/m²), the price looks low, but estimated habitable-home costs bring the effective total to about €40,200 (€467/m²), slightly above the local €417/m² benchmark. The listing is very brief and does not identify a bathroom, so verify the layout, services, and actual habitability.
More on the house and the area
This is a very affordable, apparently usable 86 sqm townhouse in a practical village setting, but it has little visual charm and no demonstrated view, garden, or historic character. The exterior suggests a functional home needing cosmetic refreshment, while the interior condition and actual bathroom provision remain unverified.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€6,000 – €10,000
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 real exterior looks worn, with peeling render and an aging roof edge, despite being described as habitable.
- The attractive interior images are explicitly illustrative stock images, not photos of this house.
- The listing reports zero bathrooms, so essential facilities should be verified carefully.
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 39/100This is in the lower Po plain between Crema and Lodi, with flat agricultural land, irrigation canals and scattered farmsteads as the defining landscape. The Serio river corridor is the nearest distinct natural feature, with the Parco Regionale del Serio running near Crema. Crema is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and daily services.