Casale/cascina, Correggio
Nella prima periferia di Canolo disponiamo di uno splendido rustico, tipico reggiano, con tetto e solai ristrutturati negli anni '80. Il terreno circostante essendo della stessa proprietà può essere frazionato in base alle esigenze personali. In ufficio sono disponibili maggiori informazioni.
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
Asking price is €60,000 for 300 sqm (€200/sqm), but with a likely renovation budget around €650/sqm the effective cost is about €850/sqm, well above the local low-end baseline of €290/sqm. The structure is helped by the roof and floors having been redone in the 1980s, which reduces risk versus a full ruin, but it still reads as a substantial renovation project rather than a bargain buy.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, authentic Reggiano farmhouse with a pleasing rural exterior and some land around it. The description says the roof and floors/slabs were redone in the 1980s, so it seems structurally more than a ruin, but with no interior photos and a stated need for renovation it still reads as a substantial project rather than an easy live-in home.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €650/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€59,000 – €105,000
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 full internal renovation; no interiors shown.
- Flat rural setting with no notable view.
- Likely practical access/utility checks needed for a country farmhouse.
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 34/100This is the central Po plain around Correggio, with flat agricultural land, drainage canals and scattered farmhouses. The nearest larger city is Reggio Emilia, which has full services, a historic centre and rail connections. The area is known for intensive farming and for being part of the wider Emilia food-producing belt.