Casa indipendente in Via Leonardo da Vinci
In una tranquilla zona residenziale di Santa Vittoria di Gualtieri, all’interno di una strada privata e lontana dal traffico, si trova questa porzione di casa degli anni ’60, una soluzione perfetta per chi desidera vivere in un contesto sereno e riservato, senza rinunciare alla comodità dei servizi vicini. Ideale per…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €643/m² before an estimated €300/m² of modernization, the effective cost is about €943/m², far above the €359/m² median for comparable local listings. The house appears legally habitable and well described, but the price does not compensate for its 1960s condition and shared garden.
More on the house and the area
A modest but genuine country home with attractive original shutters, terrazzo floors, and a warm timber-beamed upper room. It appears solid, roofed, and usable rather than a renovation shell, though the dated interiors and incomplete-looking kitchen keep it well below dream-home territory.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €300/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€7,000 – €12,000
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 interiors are habitable but noticeably dated and need modernization.
- The kitchen area appears unfinished or missing fitted cabinetry and appliances.
- The garden is shared rather than private, and the home has a low energy rating (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 43/100The area lies on the Po plain beside the Po River, with reclaimed farmland, irrigation channels and embankments as the dominant landscape. Gualtieri is known for its planned Renaissance piazza and for links to Antonio Ligabue. Guastalla is the nearest town of some size and provides the usual services and rail connections, while Reggio Emilia is the main city for higher-level services farther south. This is lowland countryside rather than a hill or mountain setting.