Villa unifamiliare in Finale Emilia
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Fabbricato unifamiliare indipendente accessibile tramite area cortiliva dal vialetto di ingresso così composto: piano terra con due portici con pilastri in cemento armato, ingresso principale dell’abitazione con il vano scala per i piani superiori e un ampio locale soggiorno–pranzo…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is explicitly an 'asta immobiliare', which is a veto red flag for this catalog regardless of apparent size or price. Even before renovation, the asking level is €390/m² versus a €387/m² baseline, so there is no discount compensating for the auction risk.
More on the house and the area
The detached villa has decent presence, a wraparound portico, and useful garden space, so it feels like a real house rather than a ruin. But the photos show a heavily stripped interior with exposed wiring, unfinished rooms, and no working kitchen or bathrooms visible, so this is a renovation project, not a move-in dream home. The price per m2 is attractive, yet the wow factor is held back by the plain setting and incomplete condition.
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€15,000 – €25,000
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.
- Interior is mid-renovation and currently not livable
- Bathrooms/kitchen appear stripped out or unfinished
- Auction sale requires careful legal/document checks
- Setting looks flat and ordinary with no real view
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 eastern Po plain, with flat agricultural land, drainage canals and scattered farm settlements. The Panaro flows nearby and the Po is farther north. Ferrara is the nearest city of size, with a large Renaissance historic centre and UNESCO status, but it lies beyond the immediate landscape. The area is known for farming and for the earthquake-damaged Emilian plain towns rebuilt in recent years.