Villa unifamiliare in Ferrara
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE piena proprietà di compendio immobiliare composto da due fabbricati fatiscenti di natura agricola e precisamente abitazione con annessa unità collabente e fienile collabente, oltre ad ampia area di terreno circostante e stradello che consente l’accesso dalla pubblica via,Occupato -…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Veto: the listing is explicitly an auction ("asta immobiliare") and describes agricultural buildings including collabente/fatiscent structures and a hayloft, so this is not a normal livable villa purchase. The headline facts are misleading (11104 sqm at €7/m2); the text indicates a distressed agricultural compound with ruin-level restoration risk.
More on the house and the area
The farmhouse has genuine rustic charm outside, with weathered brick, mature trees and a decent amount of surrounding land. But the photos show dark, rough interiors being used as storage, with exposed masonry and clear restoration needs, so this feels much more like a renovation project than a usable dream home today. The low price helps, but condition keeps the wow firmly capped.
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€4,397,000 – €6,496,000
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 look largely unfinished/storage-like rather than ready to live in.
- Description says two agricultural buildings are fatiscent/collabente, so renovation scope may be significant.
- Auction sale and currently occupied.
- No bathroom is shown or listed in the facts.
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Ferrara, so the setting is the Po plain rather than open countryside. The Po di Volano and the lower Po plain shape the area, with flat agricultural land, canals and drainage works around the city. Ferrara itself is a major provincial centre with a large Renaissance and medieval historic core, including the Este castle and city walls, and the historic centre is UNESCO-listed. The Po Delta regional park lies to the east but outside the immediate 15 km landscape.