Casa bifamiliare in Vicolo Corrado 20
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
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €47,000 for 280 sqm, the ask is just €168/sqm, far below the Lombardia townhouse baseline of €405/sqm; that is the main positive. But the description gives no clear habitable/renovated claim for a 1920 semi-detached house, so I price it as needing renovation at about €700/sqm, which makes the effective cost ordinary rather than exceptional.
More on the house and the area
This is a very large, real house rather than a shell: it has floors, bathrooms, a kitchen and usable rooms, so it looks basically habitable with substantial updating rather than structural rescue. The appeal comes more from size, period proportions and the big land for the price than from beauty or scenery. It could become a good country home, but in its current state it feels tired and damp rather than instantly dream-inducing.
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€55,000 – €98,000
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.
- Visible damp and peeling plaster throughout
- Interiors are dated and need significant refurbishment
- No proven standout view or particularly photogenic setting
- Semi-detached row-house context limits privacy/romance
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.