Rustico in Fabbrico
In aperta campagna ma comunque nelle vicinanze del paese si vende tipica casa di campagna di con annessi fabbricati in corpo staccato come bassi comodi e fienile/stalla collabenti. Gli edifici sono stati costruiti in epoca remota e presentano tipologia e caratteristiche architettoniche tipiche del territorio rurale…
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
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €55,000 for 180 sqm, the ask is €306/sqm, near the local baseline of €290/sqm, but the description says the complex needs full renovation/rebuilding, implying about €1,100/sqm in works and a very high effective cost. It has also been on the market for 762 days, which is a strong negative and caps the score.
More on the house and the area
This has a solitary farmhouse romance: a classic rural block set in wide Emilia-Romagna fields with useful land and some photogenic agricultural character. But the condition is firmly project-level, with a tired main house and ruined outbuildings, so it reads as a total rehabilitation rather than a ready dream home. At €55k for 180 sqm the price helps, yet the wow is more potential than present-day 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€71,000 – €105,000
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.
- Main house clearly needs full renovation before comfortable living.
- Detached barn/stable outbuildings are partly collapsed/collabenti.
- Flat open countryside setting is exposed, with road frontage and overhead power lines.
- No interior photos, so utilities/finishes/habitability are unproven.
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 central Po plain, with flat agricultural land, canals and drainage ditches around the settlements. The Secchia is the nearest substantial river system in the area, running east of Fabbrico. Correggio is the nearest larger town, with a substantial historic centre and services; Carpi is also close, with a larger old centre and the Pio complex. The area is known for intensive farming and for the wider Emilia plain economy of dairying and food production.