Casa tre camere con cortile e rustico
Casa a cortina su due piani nel centro di Grontardo. Piano terra con soggiorno, cucina e bagno. Piano primo con tre stanze. Completa la proprietà un cortile privato di circa 13 mq con portico coperto e rustico su due livelli con fienile. La casa si sviluppa su due piani nel centro di Grontardo. L'ingresso dal cancello…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction listing ("data di asta", "offerta minima"), which is a veto red flag for this catalog. It also needs renovation with clear moisture, roof infiltration and incomplete systems, implying about €700/m2 of works on top of the €10,406 starting price.
More on the house and the area
This is a very cheap, sizeable townhouse, but the photos show little visual charm and no meaningful view or standout character. It is a real built house rather than a shell, yet clear damp, roof leaks and incomplete systems mean it needs substantial work before comfortable living. The tiny courtyard and attached rustico add utility more than romance.
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€23,000 – €41,000
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.
- Clear rising damp and roof infiltration are visible.
- Heating is absent and the service systems appear unfinished/incomplete.
- No functioning bathroom is shown despite the layout mentioning one.
- Auction sale with private courtyard and rustico requiring extra due diligence.
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 41/100This is flat Po Valley countryside between Cremona and Mantua, with a landscape of fields, canals and scattered farmsteads. The Oglio river runs a few kilometres east of Vescovato, with levees, riparian strips and the Oglio Sud Regional Park farther downstream on the lower river plain. The nearest town of size is Cremona, which has a substantial historic centre, the cathedral and Torrazzo, and is known for violin making.