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Abitazione costituita da piano terra e piano primo, magazzino al piano terra in corpo di fabbrica separato con terreno circostante, il tutto sito in Comune di Mesola (FE), via Gino Tassinari, 61. AstaGiudiziaria - A.P.I. Srl Riferimento: 35.2025.300926 FERRARA EMILIA ROMAGNA La presente iniziativa riguarda una…
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
This is explicitly a judicial auction ("vendita giudiziaria", "aste giudiziarie"), which is a veto red flag for this catalog. Although the ask is only €380/m² versus a €467/m² baseline, auctions are scored as traps under the rules.
More on the house and the area
This is a solid-looking detached 1960s house with a generous private garden and a separate outbuilding, so it feels like a real home rather than a shell. The exterior appears habitable and roofed, but there is no photo evidence of the interiors, bathrooms or kitchen, so the lived-in quality remains uncertain. At €57k for 150 sqm, it has clear practical appeal more than dream-home beauty.
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€10,000 – €17,000
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 interior photos, so true habitability and finish level are unproven.
- Auction sale adds procedural/legal complexity.
- Garden looks large but rather plain and somewhat neglected.
- Listing shows 0 bathrooms in the facts, so layout/services should be verified.
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 74/100The Po Delta surrounds Mesola, with flat reclaimed farmland, drainage canals and pine woods. The Bosco della Mesola lies here, part of the Po Delta Regional Park, and the landscape is shaped by wetlands, embankments and former river branches near the lower Po. The Adriatic coast is nearby at the Lidi di Comacchio. Ferrara is the nearest larger city, with full services and a major historic centre. The area is known for delta fishing, lagoons, rice and other reclaimed-land agriculture, and for the Mesola deer population in the Bosco.