Villa a schiera in Fiesse
Unità immobiliare residenziale in ottime condizioni e immediatamente abitabile. L'unità immobiliare è composta da soggiorno e cucina, scala a giorno che collega piano terra, piano primo e piano secondo. Al primo piano si trova la camera da letto matrimoniale con annesso balcone, disimpegno e bagno. Al secondo piano è…
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 €88,000 for 89 sqm, the asking price is about €989/sqm; with a light habitable-home allowance of ~€200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €1,189/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €405/sqm. The description is coherent and says immediately habitable with garage and balconies, but on pure numbers this sits far above the catalog baseline, so it looks ordinary-to-weak rather than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable home: finished, furnished, heated, with kitchen, bathroom, balcony and a substantial garage/laundry space. The exposed timber ceilings and top-floor room add some charm, but the overall setting is a plain village courtyard rather than a dream-location property. At under €90k it feels good value for a move-in-ready townhouse, more practical than magical.
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€6,000 – €10,000
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 meaningful view or landscape setting shown.
- Courtyard context is practical rather than romantic.
- Interiors are simple and a bit dark in places, with fairly standard finishes.
- Second bathroom/laundry appears to be in the garage outbuilding.
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 34/100This is flat lower Po plain between the Oglio and Chiese river country, with fields, drainage channels and scattered villages. The nearest larger centres are Cremona and Casalmaggiore for everyday services, rail connections and a fuller historic centre. This part of the plain is known for intensive agriculture and dairying linked to the Grana Padano area.