Casa singola da ristrutturare
Stai cercando una villa singola da rimodernare con due laboratori perfetti per chi desidera avere spazi comodi e di completamento, nel comune di Cadelbosco di Sopra di Reggio Emilia? La parte residenziale si caratterizza di soggiorno, cucina, bagno; al piano superiore due camere matrimoniali e balcone. Adiacenti alla…
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 €98,000 for 153 sqm, the ask is €641/sqm; with a typical needs-renovation budget of about €700/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €1,341/sqm, far above the local baseline of €408/sqm. The two adjacent laboratories add utility, but they are ancillary spaces rather than clearly habitable area, so this looks only fair unless those extras are especially valuable for your use.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial detached house with some rustic appeal inside, including timber ceilings, brick details and a fireplace. But the real condition is well below dream-home level: the living spaces need heavy updating, moisture repair and refitting, while the large outbuildings are basically raw utility/work spaces. Good square meter value, but more practical project than wow 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, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€30,000 – €54,000
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.
- Residential part needs full modernization and damp repair.
- Bathrooms and kitchen are present but in poor, likely unusable condition.
- Large annex/laboratory spaces are unfinished raw rooms, not ready to live in.
- Roadside setting is practical rather than scenic.
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 35/100This is the lower Reggio Emilia plain, part of the Po Valley, with flat farmed land cut by drainage channels and minor roads. The Crostolo runs nearby, and the Po is farther north beyond the immediate area. Reggio Emilia is the nearest city of size, with a full historic centre, services and rail connections. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the wider Reggio plain food economy linked to Parmigiano Reggiano and Lambrusco.