Stabile o palazzo in Pizzale
Stabile o palazzo in Pizzale
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Wiring
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Although the asking price is only €38/m², the 1,300 m² palazzo has no stated condition, bathrooms, or residential details and the description is extremely vague. Assuming a full restoration at about €1,100/m², the effective cost is roughly €1,138/m², far above the local €187/m² benchmark.
More on the house and the area
The property offers enormous space and some finished-looking rooms, but it has an industrial, utilitarian character rather than the beauty or atmosphere of a dream Italian home. With zero listed bathrooms or bedrooms and cluttered unfinished areas, it is better understood as a major conversion project than a realistically livable house.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€515,000 – €761,000
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.
- This appears to be a large former commercial/industrial building rather than a ready home.
- No bathrooms, kitchen, bedrooms, or usable living setup are shown in the listing facts or photos.
- Significant renovation, systems work, and clean-up would be needed; the courtyard and surrounding context are utilitarian.
- The 1,300 sqm size may bring substantial maintenance and conversion costs.
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 flat Po Valley country on the right bank of the Po, with the Staffora valley opening not far to the south-west and the first Oltrepò Pavese hills beyond the plain. The Po is the main river of the area, and the landscape within reach is mainly fields, embankments, irrigation channels and scattered hamlets. The nearest town of size is Voghera, which has the usual rail and road services, shops and schools; Pavia is the larger historic city in the wider area but beyond the immediate landscape. The area is known for agriculture on the plain, with the wine country of the Oltrepò Pavese starting farther south.