Rustico con possibilita’ di demolizione e ricostruzione
SAN MARTINO IN RIO - Proponiamo in vendita rustico completamente da ristrutturare, situato in contesto tranquillo e riservato. L’immobile offre interessanti potenzialità di recupero edilizio, con possibilità di ricostruzione dell’edificio originario oppure di realizzare una nuova villetta indipendente, moderna e…
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 €39,000 for 155 sqm, the ask is €252/sqm versus a very low local baseline of €290/sqm, but the description says 'completamente da ristrutturare' with possible reconstruction/new build, so I treated it as a full restore at about €1,100/sqm. That brings the effective cost to roughly €1,352/sqm, far above the baseline, so the low entry price is offset by very heavy works.
More on the house and the area
The images mix attractive renderings of a sleek modern house with the actual existing farmhouse, which is a basic rural structure on a small lawned plot. As offered, this is a full project rather than a ready home, so the real wow comes from the potential and low price, not from current beauty or livability.
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€61,000 – €91,000
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.
- Listing is for a complete renovation or rebuild, not the finished home shown in the staged renders.
- Current structure appears dated and partly degraded, with poor livability as-is.
- Setting is flat and ordinary with no special view.
- Budget and permissions for reconstruction need careful checking.
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 between Reggio Emilia, Carpi and Modena, with flat agricultural land, drainage canals and scattered farmhouses. The Secchia runs a few kilometres east of San Martino in Rio and the Tresinaro is farther west. Correggio is the nearest larger town, and Reggio Emilia and Modena are both close enough for daily services, rail links and hospitals. The area is known for mixed farming and the wider food-production belt of Emilia, including Parmigiano Reggiano and Lambrusco in the surrounding plain.