Villetta indipendente libera su 3 lati
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…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €39,000 for 108 sqm, the ask is €361/sqm versus a low internal baseline of €406/sqm, so the sticker price is slightly below ordinary for this stock. But with a 'needs renovation' profile, I estimate about €700/sqm of works, bringing effective cost to roughly €1,061/sqm; still, the detached layout, garden, garage and 25 photos make it a plausible, livable-value renovation rather than a red-flag listing.
More on the house and the area
This is a practical detached house with a garden on three sides, and at €39k for 108 sqm the price is undeniably appealing. But the photos show little beauty or character: the setting is plain, the facade is tired, and the interiors need significant cleaning and renovation before it feels like a pleasant home. It looks structurally like a real house rather than a shell, yet the dream factor is modest.
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.
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.
- Exterior shows clear neglect with peeling/render damage and overgrown garden
- Interiors are habitable in structure but very dated, dirty and need full modernization
- Ground-floor spaces look more like utility/garage areas than finished living rooms
- No view or standout setting; suburban/rural plain context is functional rather than romantic
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.