Casa in centro a Gussola dalle ampie metrature
A Gussola in posizione centrale con affaccio diretto sulla piazza proponiamo: Casa di ampia metratura sviluppata su più livelli, ideale per chi è alla ricerca di spazi generosi da personalizzare. Al piano terra è presente un locale commerciale, trasformabile in una comoda e luminosa zona giorno con cucina e soggiorno,…
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 €85,000 for 300 sqm the ask is €283/sqm, but the home is explicitly completely to restore, so I estimate about €1,100/sqm renovation, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,383/sqm. That is far above the local low-end baseline of €407/sqm; the central piazza position helps a bit, but the large full renovation scope and convertible commercial/attic spaces make this a weak deal at this price.
More on the house and the area
This is a very cheap, very large town house with some genuine old-house character upstairs: exposed beams, terracotta floors and traditional wooden doors give it a bit of soul. But the overall impression is functional rather than dreamy, with dark dated rooms and a big ground-floor space that feels more like a former shop or garage than a ready home. It looks roofed, floored and basically usable in parts, but it needs substantial refreshing before it feels beautiful to live in.
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€119,000 – €176,000
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.
- Needs real renovation and modernization
- Ground-floor commercial/garage-like space is not attractive living space as shown
- Interiors are dark and dated despite some character
- No views, garden or notable exterior setting shown
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 the lower Po plain on the Po River, with flat agricultural land, poplar groves and embankments around the river. The area is part of the floodplain landscape between Casalmaggiore and the Oglio confluence, with no mountains or lakes within the immediate radius. Casalmaggiore is the nearest town of size and has a full set of daily services, a historic centre and rail links. The wider area is known for river agriculture and for the Po plain landscape rather than for a singular protected or monumental site within the immediate surroundings.