Alberone di Cento – soluzione indipendente con ampio lotto di 1.100 mq e fabbricati da recuperare!
ALBERONE DI CENTO – SOLUZIONE INDIPENDENTE CON AMPIO LOTTO DI 1.100 MQ E FABBRICATI DA RECUPERARE!. Needs renovation, garage, esposizione esterna.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Structure
- Roof
- Damp
- Wiring
- Plumbing
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €29,000 (€111/m²), the price looks cheap, but renovating 262 m² at about €700/m² puts the effective cost near €811/m², well above the €437/m² local comparison level. The large 1,100 m² lot and garage add value, but the listing describes multiple buildings to recover and is 74 km from the sea.
More on the house and the area
The property has a large wooded lot and open agricultural surroundings, with an appealing sense of rural privacy and a very low asking price. However, the main 262 sqm building is uninhabitable: the roof is partly collapsed and the interiors are raw shells requiring major structural and complete residential renovation.
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€52,000 – €92,000
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.
- The main building is a genuine renovation project with a severely damaged or partially collapsed roof.
- Interiors are unfinished shells with bare floors, damp-looking walls, and no usable kitchen or bathroom.
- The overgrown grounds and rural access may require substantial clearance and infrastructure work.
- The attractive finished house visible in some aerial images appears separate from the ruin and should not be assumed included.
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 38/100This is the flat Po plain between the Reno and Panaro river systems, with cultivated land, drainage canals and scattered hamlets. Ferrara is the nearest provincial city of size, with a substantial historic centre and UNESCO status for the Renaissance city and the Po Delta cultural landscape; Bologna and Modena are also practical larger-city references for services and work. The area is known for agriculture and for the small-town plain landscape of the central Emilia lowlands.