Immobile indipendente di oltre 450 mq con giardino
Immobile indipendente di oltre 450 mq con giardino. Needs renovation, garage, cancello elettrico, esposizione interna, accesso per disabili, cantina.
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 €196/m², the €55,000 asking price looks low, but allowing about €700/m² for renovation brings the effective cost near €896/m² versus €432/m² for comparable Lombardy villas. The description says the property exceeds 450 m², while the listed size is 281 m², creating a material discrepancy.
More on the house and the area
This is a very large independent villa with a pleasant leafy garden, sunny exterior, and a surprisingly characterful interior featuring chandeliers, terrazzo floors, and a long gallery-like corridor. The main living area and kitchen appear usable, but other spaces show significant clutter, peeling ceilings, and renovation needs, so it is a project rather than a polished dream home.
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€56,000 – €99,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed, with peeling ceilings, apparent moisture damage, and very dated finishes.
- Many interiors are heavily cluttered, making the true layout and condition difficult to assess.
- The unusually large stated floor area may require verification, along with utilities and structural condition.
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 35/100This is flat lower Po plain country between the Oglio and Chiese river systems, with irrigated fields, drainage canals and scattered farmsteads. The nearest town of size is Cremona, which has a substantial historic centre and services; Brescia and Mantova are also practical larger centres for work and shopping. The area is known for intensive agriculture and dairy farming in the Pianura Padana.