Graziosa casa indipendente di tre locali
Magherno - Via Chiesa in centro paese graziosa casa indipendente su due livelli, composta da: ingresso, soggiorno con camino e cucina vista. Al piano superiore si accede alla zona notte dove troviamo due camere e bagno. Completa la proprietà l'orto recintato. La casa si trova in buono stato di manutenzione.…
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 €78,000 for 80 sqm, the asking price is €975/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €1,175/sqm, far above the local baseline of €407/sqm. The description is coherent and the house seems immediately usable (good maintenance, furnished, heating/fireplace, 12 photos), but on pure numbers it does not look cheap for this catalog.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, fully habitable little townhouse: clean, furnished, with kitchen, bathroom, heating and a fireplace, so it feels like a real home rather than a project. The exterior has a tidy traditional Italian look with wooden shutters, but the interiors are simple and functional rather than especially beautiful or character-rich. At €78k it has some bargain appeal, though the wow comes more from usability than from scenery or romance.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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.
- No views or standout setting shown
- Interior is practical but fairly plain and dated
- Outdoor space is not pictured, only mentioned as a fenced vegetable garden
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 Lambro and Po systems, with irrigated fields, drainage channels and scattered farmsteads typical of the Pavia-Lodi border area. The nearest town of size is Lodi, which has full services and a historic centre on the Adda; Pavia is also within ordinary driving distance for larger services and rail links. The area is known for arable farming and rice country in the wider Pavese plain.