Il fascino delle case di una volta
IL FASCINO DELLE CASE DI UNA VOLTA. Habitable, garage, armadio a muro, impianto tv con parabola satellitare, arredato, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €79,000 for 80 m², the price is already €988/m²; allowing about €200/m² for a habitable home gives an effective cost near €1,188/m², far above the local €417/m² benchmark. The listing has no photos and provides only a brief description, so the claimed condition is difficult to verify.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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.
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 41/100This is the lower Po plain on the Lambro corridor, with flat farmland, irrigation channels and scattered villages. The Po runs nearby to the south and shapes the wider landscape of embankments, fields and riverine strips. Chignolo Po is known for the large brick castle complex of Corteolona-Chignolo Po, often referred to locally as a major historic landmark in this part of the plain. Pavia and Lodi are the nearest towns of size for broader services, rail connections and historic centres.