Casa colonica bifamiliare con giardino di 2000mq
CASA COLONICA BIFAMILIARE CON GIARDINO DI 2000MQ. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, esposizione esterna.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €98,000 (€104/m²), the price looks low, but renovating 940 m² at an estimated €700/m² implies roughly €658,000 in works, bringing the effective cost near €804/m² versus a local benchmark of €283/m². The listing does not say how many bathrooms the property has, adding uncertainty for a large bifamiliare farmhouse.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial historic Emilia-Romagna farmhouse with attractive exposed brickwork, mature trees, and a generous garden. However, the exterior is visibly deteriorated, the property is listed as needing renovation, and the absence of bathrooms or interior photos makes it a serious restoration project rather than a ready-to-live-in 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€186,000 – €330,000
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.
- Extensive renovation is clearly required, with heavily weathered brickwork and plaster.
- No bathrooms or interior living spaces are shown, so actual habitability and utilities are uncertain.
- The large 2,000 sqm garden will require ongoing maintenance and may add restoration 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 41/100This is the central Po plain between Reggio Emilia, Carpi and Modena, with flat agricultural land, irrigation channels and scattered farmhouses. Correggio has a substantial town centre with arcaded streets, everyday services and road links toward Reggio Emilia and Modena. Reggio Emilia is the nearest larger city and provides rail connections, hospitals and the main urban services for the area. The landscape around the cluster is known mainly for intensive farming and for the Emilia food-producing plain.