Rustico con giardino e terreno a santa vittoria
L’immobile si sviluppa su tre livelli: al piano terra è già stato eseguito un importante intervento di ristrutturazione che ha riguardato tutti gli impianti (elettrico e idraulico), i pavimenti, i due bagni e parte della muratura interna. Sempre al piano terra troviamo un doppio ingresso, soggiorno con cucina a vista,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- On the market for a long time
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At €100,000 for 150 sqm, the ask is €667/sqm, but with a partial renovation still needing windows, first-floor systems, facade works and a full attic restoration, the effective cost is about €1,317/sqm. That is far above the weak local baseline of €290/sqm, and after 294 days on market this looks market-rejected rather than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine old farmhouse with a pleasing rural presence, exposed beams upstairs, and useful private land around it. The key positive is that it is not a ruin: the roof appears sound and the ground floor has a working kitchen, floors and two partly redone bathrooms. But it is still a real renovation project overall, with unfinished upper levels and rough, incomplete finishes, so the dream is more 'promising country house to finish' than turnkey wow.
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€30,000 – €53,000
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.
- Upper floor still needs substantial renovation and systems completion.
- Exterior facade and some windows/shutters remain unfinished.
- Ground floor is partly usable, but several rooms show damp/rough finishes.
- Rural setting is peaceful but isolated and very flat 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 43/100The area lies on the Po plain beside the Po River, with reclaimed farmland, irrigation channels and embankments as the dominant landscape. Gualtieri is known for its planned Renaissance piazza and for links to Antonio Ligabue. Guastalla is the nearest town of some size and provides the usual services and rail connections, while Reggio Emilia is the main city for higher-level services farther south. This is lowland countryside rather than a hill or mountain setting.