Casa semindipendente da ristrutturare con terreni
Nel comune di Marcaria, nella tranquilla località di Canicossa, è disponibile per la vendita una spaziosa casa semindipendente con due terreni. Con una superficie di 280 mq, questa abitazione si sviluppa su più livelli, offrendo ampi spazi per ogni esigenza. La casa, costruita nel 1920, conserva il fascino dell'epoca…
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 €47,000 for 280 sqm, the asking price is just €168/sqm versus a €382/sqm local baseline, but the home is explicitly 'completely to renovate', so I estimate about €1,100/sqm renovation, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,268/sqm. Big internal space, garage, cellar and included land add value, but the full restoration need keeps it just below diamond level.
More on the house and the area
This is a very cheap, very large rural farmhouse with useful land, so the value-for-money is strong. But the actual house is plainly dated and shows extensive moisture damage, worn finishes and a clear need for renovation before it feels genuinely attractive to live in. It looks structurally like a real house rather than a shell, but the wow comes more from size and price than beauty.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€111,000 – €164,000
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 full renovation; interiors show widespread damp and tired finishes.
- Setting is flat rural rather than scenic, with no special views.
- Part of the attached frontage/adjacent rustic structures look neglected and may need extra work.
- Photos do not prove updated systems despite heating being listed.
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 58/100This is the flat lower Oglio-Po plain, with canals, embankments, fields and scattered villages. The Oglio river is nearby, and the Po runs a little farther south with its floodplain landscape. Sabbioneta, the nearest small town of note, is within this area and is a UNESCO World Heritage site for its planned Renaissance urban layout. Casalmaggiore is the nearest town of some size for daily services and rail links. The area is known for irrigated agriculture and for the historic small towns of the lower Mantovano and Casalasco plain.