Rolo - rustico con terreno
ROLO - Desideri realizzare la casa dei tuoi sogni ? Ti proponiamo rustico da ristrutturare disposto su due piani, con annesso magazzino su più livelli e con autorimessa di 80 mq in corpo staccato. L'immobile ha un ampio spazio esterno da vivere in totale relax e privacy per circa 3500 mq.
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
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €68,000 for 450 sqm, the ask is only €151/sqm, but in 'needs renovation' condition the effective cost is about €851/sqm including ~€700/sqm works, far above the €290/sqm low-stock baseline. The listing is also 374 days old and mentions an attached warehouse/magazzino, so despite the large size and land this needs legal/usable-area verification.
More on the house and the area
The old brick farmhouse has real rustic character and a generous, private plot, with a separate garage block adding practical potential. But this is clearly being sold as a renovation project, and with no interior photos there is no evidence of a ready-to-live home. At the price and size it feels intriguing value, yet more dream project than immediate dream life.
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€89,000 – €158,000
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.
- Full renovation project, not move-in ready
- Interiors are not shown, so livability is unproven
- Some exterior wear/cracking and overgrowth visible
- No view or standout location evident from photos
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 33/100Rolo sits in the flat Po plain, in a landscape of fields, drainage canals and scattered farm buildings. The Secchia runs a few kilometres to the east and marks one of the main river corridors of this part of Emilia. The nearest larger centres are Carpi and Correggio, with full everyday services, while Modena and Reggio Emilia are the nearest provincial cities. This area is known for intensive agriculture and for the manufacturing and logistics belt spread across the lower plain between Modena, Carpi, Suzzara and Reggio Emilia.