Casa indipendente in Via F. Turati
Casa Indipendente Cielo-Terra - Zona Semicentrale Scopri questa straordinaria opportunità immobiliare nel cuore della zona semicentrale, a pochi passi dal centro città. Si tratta di una casa indipendente cielo-terra con una metratura commerciale di 330 m² e 360 m² calpestabili, distribuiti su due piani più sottotetto.…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €89,000 for 360 sqm, the ask is just €247/sqm; assuming a habitable-but-dated condition from the generic description, the effective cost is about €447/sqm including ~€200/sqm renovation. The local baseline is weak, but even on absolute plausibility this is a very large house near the town center at a low all-in cost, with no legal red flags in the text.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, genuinely usable house with a leafy private courtyard/garden and a very low price for the size. The photos show real bathrooms, kitchen, floors and bedrooms, so it is not a shell, but it feels tired and would need substantial updating and repair before becoming dream-home material. The appeal is more practical potential than immediate wow.
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€24,000 – €40,000
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 habitable but very dated and need significant refreshing.
- Visible damp/peeling plaster and some ceiling deterioration suggest maintenance work.
- Outdoor space is overgrown and the exterior is plain rather than picturesque.
- No proven views or standout historic features in 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 39/100The area sits on the Po plain by the River Po, with levees, fields and scattered farm buildings as the dominant landscape. Guastalla is the nearest larger town and has a historic centre with arcaded streets and civic buildings linked to the Gonzaga period. This stretch of the lower Reggio Emilia plain is known for agriculture and for river-land environments along the Po.