Villa in Via delle Valli
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What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €55,000 for 40 sqm, the asking price is €1,375/sqm; assuming a basically habitable home from the description, the effective cost is about €1,575/sqm including light works. The local baseline (€375/sqm) is based on only 16 comparables, so it is too weak to trust strongly; on absolute terms this small independent house looks plausible but not especially cheap.
More on the house and the area
This is a functional little detached house with a useful covered terrace/parking area, but it has very little visual romance or architectural character. The good news is that it appears roofed, floored, and basically usable with a working kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. It feels more like a practical budget starter home than a dream-Italy 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€3,000 – €4,000
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.
- Exterior plaster shows damp/peeling at the base.
- Interiors are basic and dated rather than characterful.
- No view, garden, or scenic setting visible.
- Small 40 sqm layout may feel limited for full-time living.
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 the flat alluvial plain of the lower Modenese area, in the Po Valley, with a landscape of fields, drainage canals and scattered industrial and service buildings. The Secchia runs west of Mirandola and the area is shaped more by reclaimed plain and river embankments than by relief. Modena is the nearest larger city, with a historic centre, rail links and the main concentration of services in the province. The area is known for biomedical industry around Mirandola and for Emilian agriculture on the plain.