Casa indipendente in Via Palazzo 9
Mezzanino - Casa semindipendente con terreno e autorimesse A soli 10 km da Pavia, in contesto tranquillo e riservato, ideale per chi desidera vivere lontano dal traffico cittadino senza rinunciare alla comodità dei servizi, proponiamo in vendita una casa semindipendente dalle interessanti potenzialità. L'abitazione…
What it really costs
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At €44,000 for 136 sqm, the asking price is just €324/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €577/sqm in Lombardia. The description suggests an older house with 'interesting potential' rather than ready-to-live condition, so assuming about €700/sqm renovation, the effective cost is about €1,024/sqm: still plausible for a large country house with land/garages near Pavia, but the strong entry discount is the main positive.
More on the house and the area
There is real old-house character here: exposed beams, brick floors and a simple rural courtyard setting give it charm. It is a genuine house rather than a shell, with floors, bathroom, windows and structure in place, but it needs clear refurbishment and moisture-related repairs before it becomes an appealing home. At €44k for 136 sqm with some land/garages, the price helps the dream.
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€27,000 – €48,000
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.
- Needs significant interior updating and repair before it feels comfortable
- Visible damp/staining on several walls and around the bathroom ceiling
- Kitchen is not installed and rooms are currently very bare
- Outdoor space looks rough and basic rather than landscaped
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 40/100The cluster is in the lower Po Valley, with flat cultivated land around the Po and its side channels; the Po runs nearby at Bressana and Portalbera and shapes the local landscape more than any hill or mountain. Pavia is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre, the Certosa a little farther north, and the services of a provincial capital. This part of Oltrepò Pavese is known mainly for agriculture and for the approach to the wine hills farther south, but those hills are outside the immediate landscape here.