Terratetto unifamiliare in Guastalla
VENDESI abitazione indipendente, interamente da ristrutturare, disposta su tre livelli e dotata di ampia area verde privata di 260 mq. L'immobile si compone di: un ingresso, soggiorno, cucina, tre camere da letto, cantina e sottotetto non abitabile. Il fabbricato dispone, inoltre, di un volume annesso ad uso accessorio…
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 €75,000 for 120 sqm, the ask is €625/sqm, but the house is explicitly 'interamente da ristrutturare', so an estimated renovation of about €1,100/sqm brings the effective cost to roughly €1,725/sqm. That is far above the local baseline of €473/sqm for similar low-price stock, and the listing has been on the market for 1,891 days, which strongly weakens the deal.
More on the house and the area
This has a decent amount of private garden and some modest old-house character in the shutters, beams and attached farm outbuildings. But the photos show a very worn, fully renovation-level house with damp, rough finishes and no functional bathroom visible, so it feels more like a serious project than a ready Italian dream home. The low price and usable volume help, but the wow is limited.
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€48,000 – €70,000
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.
- Entirely to be renovated; not currently move-in ready
- No bathroom shown and overall services/kitchen likely need replacement
- Visible damp, peeling plaster and tired interiors throughout
- Access is via a private lane with right of way rather than fully independent access
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 39/100The area sits on the Po plain by the River Po, with levees, fields and scattered farm buildings as the dominant landscape. Guastalla is the nearest larger town and has a historic centre with arcaded streets and civic buildings linked to the Gonzaga period. This stretch of the lower Reggio Emilia plain is known for agriculture and for river-land environments along the Po.