Rustico/casale
IM. CREMA propone in vendita un caratteristico complesso immobiliare a corte, composto da un fabbricato principale disposto su più livelli e diversi corpi accessori. La proprietà conserva il fascino delle costruzioni rurali di un tempo, con elementi in mattoni a vista, murature originali e spazi dal carattere…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €29,000 asking price is only €58/m², but the listing explicitly requires a complete renovation. At an estimated €1,100/m², the effective cost is about €579,000 or €1,158/m²—far above the €352/m² local comparison level, despite the large court and accessory buildings.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, genuinely characterful rural courtyard complex with exposed brick, original masonry, tiled roofs, and a generous private court. However, the interiors are essentially a full-renovation project rather than a livable home, with worn floors, damaged finishes, and no move-in-ready facilities visible. The €29,000 price is striking for the scale, but the property is best suited to an ambitious restoration project.
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€198,000 – €293,000
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.
- Complete renovation is required throughout, with visibly deteriorated interiors and debris.
- No usable kitchen or bathroom is shown beyond the stated single bathroom.
- Roof, structure, utilities, permits, and renovation costs require careful technical 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 38/100This is flat Po plain farmland between the Adda and Serio river areas, with fields, irrigation canals and scattered farmsteads as the immediate landscape. The Adda river corridor lies nearby and gives the area its main natural feature, with the Parco Adda Sud in the wider surroundings. The nearest town of size is Crema, which has a substantial historic centre and daily services.