Villa a schiera in Borgosatollo
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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Listed at €683/m² for 145 m²; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/m², the effective cost is ~€883/m² versus a low-stock baseline of €408/m², so it does not screen as cheap. Positive offsets are the central village location, walkable services, terrace/loggia, and 21 photos, with no major legal red flags in the text.
More on the house and the area
This is a practical, real house with generous space, a covered portico and terrace, and it looks basically livable now. But the photos show little visual romance: the setting is an ordinary village courtyard, the interiors are dated, and part of the upper level is still unfinished. Good value for size, more functional than dream-home wow.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€10,000 – €16,000
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.
- Exterior/courtyard is plain and worn rather than picturesque
- Interiors are habitable but dated and need refreshing
- Only one bathroom for a 145 sqm four-bedroom house
- One upper room appears unfinished/raw and needs renovation
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 39/100This is the southern fringe of the Brescia plain, with flat to lightly undulating agricultural land and dense road infrastructure around the city. The nearest town of size is Brescia, immediately to the north, with the full services, rail links and historic centre of a provincial capital. Lake Garda lies to the east but outside the 15 km landscape radius, so it affects access rather than the setting itself. The area is known mainly for mixed farming and for being part of the urban-industrial belt south of Brescia.