Villa a schiera in Fiesse
Unità immobiliare a piano unico costituita da ampio atrio ingresso, soggiorno/cucina, disimpegno,bagno, tre camere da letto, lavanderia, cantina e ripostiglio. L'atrio di ingresso collega l'unità residenziale ad un portico esterno e alla corte esclusiva esterna. Difronte al portico è presente un altro edificio costituito da ampia legnaia. L'immobile è primo di caldaia.
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 €78,000 for 173 sqm, the ask is €451/sqm, already slightly above the local baseline of €405/sqm. With a needs-renovation estimate of about €700/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €1,151/sqm, so this is not a bargain despite the good size; the description also notes it is without a boiler.
More on the house and the area
This is a big, practical single-storey house with a private courtyard and useful extra outbuilding, and the low €/m² gives it some value appeal. But the photos show a plain exterior, basic dated interiors, and neglected outdoor space rather than dream-home beauty. It looks like a usable house to renovate, not a scroll-stopping Italian fantasy.
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€34,000 – €61,000
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.
- Needs renovation and is missing a boiler
- Outdoor court/garden areas look neglected
- Outbuilding/woodshed appears basic and unfinished
- No view or notable setting shown in 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 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.