Casa indipendente in Via Roma
Villetta indipendente con giardino su tre lati a Ca d’Andrea, frazione di Torre de’ Picenardi Immersa nella quiete della campagna cremonese, dove il tempo sembra scorrere con un ritmo più lento e rilassato, proponiamo in vendita una villetta indipendente dal grande potenziale, ideale per chi desidera vivere in un contesto riservato, circondato dal verde e lontano dal caos cittadino....
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €39,000 for 108 sqm, the asking price is €361/sqm versus a low-stock baseline median of €579/sqm in Lombardia country houses. The description stresses "grande potenziale" in a quiet rural hamlet rather than renovated/habitable condition, so I assume a needs-renovation budget of about €700/sqm; that makes the effective cost ordinary rather than ultra-cheap, but the detached house with garden and 26 photos still looks like a solid buy.
More on the house and the area
This is a practical detached house with a garden on three sides and a very low price, but it has little visual romance. The structure appears roofed and basically complete, yet both outside and inside look neglected and partly stripped, so it feels like a budget renovation project rather than a dream-ready home. Its appeal is mainly space, independence and value, not wow.
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€21,000 – €38,000
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.
- Exterior is visibly tired with peeling render and neglected yard.
- Interiors look empty and stripped, with only basic finishes and likely a full refresh needed.
- Ground-floor spaces appear damp/utility-like rather than immediately habitable living areas.
- No proven view or standout historic character from the 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 33/100This is the flat lower Po plain between the Oglio and Po river systems, with arable land, drainage channels and dispersed farmsteads as the dominant landscape. The Oglio runs to the east of the area and the Po is to the south, but around Torre de' Picenardi the setting is mainly cultivated plain rather than a riverfront landscape. Casalmaggiore is the nearest town of some size, with services and a working historic centre on the Po. Cremona is the nearest provincial capital in daily reach, with a larger service base and its cathedral square. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the wider Cremonese plain of dairy farming and cured-meat production.