Casa Indipendente
Casa Indipendente. Needs renovation, autonomo heating.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €395/m², the asking price is slightly below comparable Veneto stock, but the 200 m² house needs renovation, estimated at about €140,000 (€700/m²). That brings the effective cost to roughly €1,095/m², with only one bathroom and no stated energy rating.
More on the house and the area
This is a large traditional townhouse with old wooden floors, shutters, and a solid-looking roof, giving it some authentic character. However, the interiors are very dated and bare, with visible maintenance issues and no standout views or particularly beautiful setting, so it feels more like a renovation opportunity than a ready 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€40,000 – €70,000
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, including damp/peeling exterior finishes and dated interiors.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a large 200 sqm house.
- The overgrown outdoor area and surrounding urban buildings reduce the sense of a polished garden home.
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 37/100This is the flat southern Veronese plain, part of the wider Po Valley, with a landscape of irrigated fields, drainage canals and scattered villages. The nearest town of size is Verona, which has major rail connections, a large historic centre and the UNESCO-listed city core. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for rice-growing zones in the wider plain toward the Veronese lowlands.