Stabile o palazzo in Voghera
Stabile o palazzo in Voghera
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €104/m², the €54,000 asking price looks cheap, but the 517 m² property has an estimated all-in cost of about €804/m² after renovation, versus €187/m² for comparable homes in the area. The listing only says “building or palace” and does not state its condition, habitability, utilities, or layout; with just 3 photos, the true renovation risk is unclear.
More on the house and the area
This appears to be a very large, dated interior rather than a visually compelling Italian dream home. The furnished rooms suggest some existing usability, but the lack of recorded bathrooms and the unclear 517 sqm layout make livability highly uncertain.
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€102,000 – €181,000
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 listing is unusually vague: 517 sqm but only one room and no bathrooms recorded.
- Photos are low-quality and show dated, basic interiors with no clear standout architectural features.
- Actual condition, utilities, layout, and feasibility of converting the building into a home need verification.
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 55/100Voghera sits on the western edge of the Po plain where the plain meets the first hills of the Oltrepò Pavese. The Staffora valley opens just to the south-west and the first ridges of the Ligurian Apennines are within about 15 km, with vineyard hills around Codevilla, Retorbido and Rivanazzano Terme. The nearest substantial town is Pavia, and for daily services Voghera itself is a rail and road centre with a historic core, hospital and full shopping and schools. This area is known for wine from the Oltrepò Pavese and for the spa town of Rivanazzano Terme nearby.