Terratetto plurifamiliare in Luzzara
Nel comune di Luzzara, nella tranquilla località di Casoni, è disponibile per la vendita una casa semindipendente di 650 mq, costruita nel 1960 e ristrutturata nel 2020. L'immobile si sviluppa su più livelli e offre ampie possibilità di personalizzazione grazie agli interni al grezzo. La struttura permette di ricavare…
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 €80,000 for 650 sqm, the ask is just €123/sqm, well below the €472/sqm baseline, but the home is described as 'interni al grezzo' and only partially completed despite also claiming renovation in 2020. Using about €700/sqm to finish/renovate, the effective cost is roughly €823/sqm, which is above the local cheap-stock baseline, so it looks more like a large unfinished project than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
The street facade has some solid period townhouse presence, with a long elegant frontage and balconies, and the price-per-square-metre is strikingly cheap. But the interior is mostly raw brick and stripped rooms: structurally roofed and substantial, yet clearly an unfinished project rather than a usable home today. There is potential for a big live/work or multi-unit property, but the current wow is capped by condition.
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, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€129,000 – €228,000
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.
- Interiors are largely unfinished and at shell/rough-in stage.
- Not currently a ready-to-live home; kitchen and bathrooms appear incomplete or absent.
- Large 650 sqm layout will require substantial completion costs.
- Mixed residential/commercial setup may complicate a simple dream-home use.
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 flat Po plain around the lower course of the Secchia, with reclaimed agricultural land, irrigation canals and scattered farm buildings. The Po runs a few kilometres to the north and marks the Lombardy border. Guastalla and Suzzara are the nearest larger centres for daily services, and Reggio Emilia, Mantua and Carpi are the nearest historic provincial towns within normal driving distance. The area is known for intensive farming and for being part of the Emilian food-producing plain.