Villa a schiera in Monticelli d'Ongina
Nel comune di Monticelli d'Ongina, è disponibile una villa a schiera in vendita, ideale per chi cerca una soluzione abitativa su più livelli. Con una superficie di 125 mq, questa proprietà offre spazi ben distribuiti e funzionali. Al piano terra, si trova un accogliente soggiorno e una cucina, perfetti per momenti di…
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
At €29,000 for 125 sqm, the asking price is just €232/sqm; adding a light habitable-home allowance of about €200/sqm gives an effective €432/sqm, slightly below the local baseline of €469/sqm. The partial renovation in 2010, 14 photos, heating, and private garden support the value, but the discount is modest rather than extreme and the inland location adds little premium.
More on the house and the area
This is a very cheap, decent-sized townhouse with a private garden, so it has practical value more than romance. The house is roofed, floored and has a bathroom, but the interiors are plain, tired and need real refreshing before it feels appealing to live in. There is little visual wow in the setting or architecture.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- Interiors are very basic and partly unfinished-looking, with visible wear and damp marks.
- Exterior/common frontage still appears in works, with scaffolding and rough garden areas.
- Only modest bathroom fit-out is shown; kitchen appears missing.
- Setting is flat and functional rather than scenic or characterful.
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 in the lower Po plain on the Po River, with flat agricultural land, embankments and scattered villages. Cremona is the nearest town of size, with a historic centre and services across the river area. This part of the Piacenza-Cremona plain is known for farming and for river landscapes along the Po.