Casa bifamiliare in Via Milazzo
A Santa Croce di Sermide, proponiamo in vendita porzione di fabbricato bifamiliare disposta su due livelli (Piano Terra e Piano Primo), completa di locale rustico, garage/deposito e corte di pertinenza. L'immobile rappresenta la scelta ideale per chi cerca un'abitazione indipendente, priva di spese condominiali e…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €49,000 for 200 sqm, the asking price is just €245/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €406/sqm in Lombardia townhouses. The description reads like a real dwelling with garage, rustic outbuilding and courtyard, but without a clear condition stated I assume moderate works (~€350/sqm), which keeps the effective price around €595/sqm: decent value, though not a steal after renovation.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, substantial house rather than a project: large, roofed, furnished, with usable floors, kitchen, bathroom and circulation already in place. The wow is modest because the setting and architecture are quite ordinary, but at €49k for 200 sqm it has strong practical value and could become a comfortable home with updating.
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.
Our read of the photos, €350/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€23,000 – €39,000
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.
- Very plain exterior and flat village setting with no notable views.
- Interiors look dated and will need cosmetic modernization.
- Some rooms appear dim and basic rather than characterful.
- Terrace/yard and rustico are mentioned, but not clearly showcased in the photos.
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 lower Po plain, with the Po nearby as the main landscape feature. The area is flat farmland with embankments, irrigation canals and scattered hamlets. Within about 15 km the nearest town of some size is Badia Polesine, which has the usual services and a railway station on the Verona–Rovigo line. Ferrara is reachable for practical needs beyond the immediate area but lies outside the local radius.