FABBRICATO DA RISTRUTTURARE CON AMPIO GIARDINO DI OLTRE 1100 mq
VILLANOVA di BAGNACAVALLO / ZONA SEMICENTRALE In posizione tranquilla ma comoda a tutti i principali servizi, si propone fabbricato disposto su due piani, su un lotto di circa 1.300 mq. L’immobile è completamente da ricostruire, offrendo la possibilità di realizzare un’abitazione mono o bifamiliare immersa nel verde,…
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
The asking price is €49,000 for 247 sqm (€198/sqm), but the description says the building is 'completely to be rebuilt', implying a ruin-level project at about €1,100/sqm renovation cost. Effective cost is roughly €1,298/sqm (€49,000 + ~€271,700 rebuild), far above the local baseline of €476/sqm, so this is not a sound cheap-home deal despite the large plot.
More on the house and the area
There is some rustic farmhouse character in the old brick shell, and the 1,300 sqm grassy plot gives it space and potential. But this is explicitly a rebuild project rather than a usable home, with major structural deterioration visible outside. The dream here is the land and future transformation, not living in the house as it stands.
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€98,000 – €145,000
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.
- Completely to be rebuilt, not a livable house as shown.
- Open/damaged upper sections and very poor structural condition.
- No interior photos, so bathrooms/kitchen/utilities are not proven.
- Semi-central setting but with nearby road, poles and neighboring buildings.
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 lower Romagna plain between Ravenna, Lugo and Faenza, with flat agricultural land, drainage canals and scattered villages. The Lamone river passes by Bagnacavallo, and the Po Delta regional park area begins farther east toward Ravenna and the coast, outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Lugo is the nearest town of size, with a full set of services and a historic center with arcades and a fortress. Ravenna is the main nearby city for daily life, with major services and UNESCO monuments, but those monuments do not define the immediate surroundings here. The area is known for intensive farming and fruit growing on the plain.