Palazzo storico in centro a Luzzara
Nel cuore del paese proponiamo in vendita un immobile di carattere storico, completamente da ristrutturare, ideale per chi desidera realizzare un importante progetto di recupero edilizio o un investimento immobiliare ad alto potenziale. La proprietà si sviluppa su più livelli e offre ampi spazi che consentono diverse…
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 €73,000 for 247 sqm, the ask is just €296/sqm, but the description says completely to be renovated, so I estimate about €1,100/sqm renovation, bringing effective cost to roughly €1,396/sqm. That is far above the low-stock baseline of €248/sqm for similar sub-€100k properties, so despite the large size and redevelopment potential, this looks weak on numbers.
More on the house and the area
The arcaded street façade has genuine historic presence and some period character, especially for the price and size. But the photos show a stripped, dark interior in heavy disrepair rather than a usable home. This feels like a serious restoration project with potential, not an immediately dreamable live-in Italian house.
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 renovate; not currently livable
- Dark raw interiors with visible damp, cracking and unfinished partitions
- No usable kitchen or bathrooms shown despite the large size
- Likely significant structural/services upgrade 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 39/100The area sits on the Po plain by the River Po, with levees, fields and scattered farm buildings as the dominant landscape. Guastalla is the nearest larger town and has a historic centre with arcaded streets and civic buildings linked to the Gonzaga period. This stretch of the lower Reggio Emilia plain is known for agriculture and for river-land environments along the Po.