Rustico/casale in Via Fossatelli 58
CASA COLONICA BIFAMILIARE CON GIARDINO DI 2000MQ Si propone in vendita esclusiva in zona residenziale tranquilla, a pochi passi dal centro del paese, casa colonica indipendente circondata da un ampio giardino privato di circa 2000 mq. La proprietà rappresenta una soluzione ideale sia per chi cerca un'indipendenza…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €98,000 (€218/m²), the price looks low, but the 450 m² farmhouse is completely to renovate and may require demolition and reconstruction. Including roughly €1,100/m² in works gives an effective cost near €1,318/m², far above the local €288/m² benchmark.
More on the house and the area
A characterful Emilia-Romagna farmhouse with attractive aged brickwork, a sound-looking roofline, and an unusually large, leafy 2,000 sqm garden. However, this is currently a major renovation or redevelopment project rather than a usable home: the listing states it is completely to be renovated, with no bathrooms recorded.
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€178,000 – €263,000
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 property is explicitly completely to be renovated and has no bathrooms currently listed.
- The polished interior images appear staged or illustrative; they do not establish the present condition.
- Large 450 sqm farmhouse may involve major structural, utility, permitting, and redevelopment 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.