Casale/cascina, Correggio
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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 €100,000 for 300 sqm, the ask is €333/sqm, but the description only says you can rebuild a country home, suggesting a very heavy restoration/reconstruction need; I estimate about €1,100/sqm renovation, for an effective cost around €1,433/sqm. That is far above the low-stock baseline of €290/sqm for Emilia-Romagna farmhouses, and the listing has sparse details and only 4 photos.
More on the house and the area
There is some romantic farmhouse character in the old brick walls and leafy rural setting. But the photos show a heavily derelict, partially collapsed complex with overgrown surroundings, so this is a rebuild project rather than a usable home. Dreamy only for someone wanting to reconstruct from near-ruin.
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.
- Essentially a ruin rather than a house
- Major structural reconstruction likely needed
- Overgrown grounds suggest long neglect
- Livability cannot be assumed despite listed rooms/baths
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 37/100Correggio sits in the central Po plain, in flat agricultural country between Reggio Emilia and Carpi. The nearest town of size is Reggio Emilia, which has a substantial historic centre, rail connections and services; Modena is also close enough to matter for work and daily logistics. This area is known for mixed farming and for the dense network of small towns and industrial settlements of the Emilia plain.