Terratetto unifamiliare in San Giovanni in Croce
Unità immobiliare ingresso principale (accesso carrabile e pedonale) o via Filanda n. 2 (ingresso secondario pedonale). Trattasi di unità immobiliare ad uso abitativo con locali accessori ed autorimessa. Edificio di tipo unifamiliare, caratterizzato da ampi spazi, interni ed esterni, costituito da tre piani fuori…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is explicitly a judicial auction ("asta giudiziaria"), which is a veto red flag for this catalog regardless of the low ask. Even though the stated price is only €186/m² versus a €405/m² baseline, auction terms and minimum-bid pricing make it unsuitable as a normal deal listing.
More on the house and the area
The real appeal here is practical scale and value: 286 sqm, garage, courtyard/garden, and a village setting near a historic villa park. But the listing does not show the actual interiors or facade clearly, so the wow factor is weak and true livability/finish level remains uncertain. It seems like a potentially usable large townhouse rather than a beautiful dream-home scroll stopper.
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€19,000 – €32,000
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.
- Most interior photos are generic illustrative renders, not the actual house.
- Condition is uncertain despite being labeled habitable; no real bathroom/kitchen photos are shown.
- Auction sale with typical legal/process complexity.
- Part of the access/corridor arrangement involves a non-owned courtyard for passage.
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 Po Valley countryside between the Oglio and Po river systems, with fields, drainage canals and scattered farmsteads as the dominant landscape. The nearest town of size is Casalmaggiore, which has a full set of everyday services and a historic centre on the Po. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the network of small rural settlements of the lower Cremonese plain.