Interessante operazione immobiliare in centro storico
CENTRO STORICO – Via Cotta - OPERAZIONE IMMOBILIARE CIELO-TERRA Nel cuore del Centro Storico, a pochi passi da tutti i principali servizi cittadini, proponiamo un’interessante operazione immobiliare: immobile cielo–terra di circa 800 mq complessivi, completo di ampia area cortilizia interna. Attualmente la destinazione…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Although priced at €70,000 for 800 sqm (€88/sqm), the property is currently commercial and only offers the possibility of change of use to residential, so it is not a straightforward dwelling purchase. Assuming renovation/requalification at about €700/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €788/sqm versus a €188/sqm baseline, making it a speculative developer project rather than a cheap livable home.
More on the house and the area
This is a large town-centre building with some bargain appeal on price per square metre, but the photos show a fairly plain facade and no obvious beauty or special setting. The visible interior looks like a worn former commercial shell rather than a usable home. It feels more like a redevelopment project than somewhere to dream of living in today.
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€158,000 – €281,000
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.
- Currently commercial, not a ready home
- Interior appears stripped and in poor condition
- Likely major conversion/renodation needed to create livable residential space
- Street setting is tight and offers no visible view
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 52/100This is in the Lomellina, a flat part of the western Po plain with extensive rice fields, irrigation canals and straight rural roads. The Ticino River and the Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino lie to the east, with river woodland, wetland areas and old gravel banks. Vigevano is the nearest larger town, with Piazza Ducale, the Castello Sforzesco and the services of a substantial provincial centre. The area is known for rice cultivation.