Villa in Via Novara
Villa singola con ampio giardino privato, una soluzione dalle grandi potenzialità da personalizzare secondo il proprio gusto. Al piano terra troviamo una cucina con tinello, un ampio soggiorno e un bagno. Al primo piano si sviluppa la zona notte con tre camere da letto, di cui due matrimoniali. Una soluzione ricca di potenzialità, perfetta per chi cerca indipendenza, ampi spazi...
What it really costs
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At €70,000 for 160 sqm, the ask is €438/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €428/sqm, so the sticker price alone is only ordinary. But the description says 'da personalizzare' with 'grandi potenzialità', suggesting a renovation need of about €700/sqm; that pushes the effective cost to roughly €1,138/sqm, making it a decent but not standout detached house with garden rather than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a real detached house with a generous private garden, outbuildings and enough space to imagine an easy Italian life. The exterior is pleasant rather than spectacular, and the price for 160 sqm feels attractive. Inside it is not a ruin at all, but it is clearly tired: some rooms are basic, some show damp and wear, and it needs meaningful updating before it feels truly lovely.
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€32,000 – €56,000
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.
- Interiors are habitable but dated and partly stripped back.
- Visible damp/peeling plaster and cracking suggest real remedial work.
- No special view or standout location; suburban village setting.
- Likely needs a new kitchen and broad cosmetic modernization.
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 38/100This is flat rice-country on the Lomellina plain, between the Sesia and Ticino river systems, with canals, irrigation ditches and large open fields as the dominant landscape within 15 km. The nearest town of size is Vigevano, which has services and a substantial historic centre with the Piazza Ducale and the Sforza Castle. The area is known for rice cultivation in the western Po plain.