Villa unifamiliare in Quinzano d'Oglio
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE L’unità abitativa oggetto di stima è costituita dalla porzione nord di una villetta bifamiliare, realizzata nei primi anni Sessanta del secolo scorso. Competono le proporzionali quote delle parti comuni. - Via Luigi Cadorna Simplex Domus aiuta famiglie e aziende a comprare immobili…
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
This is explicitly an auction listing ("ASTA IMMOBILIARE"), which is a veto red flag for this catalog. Even though the ask is €381/m² versus a €425/m² baseline, auction risk overrides pricing and keeps the score in trap territory.
More on the house and the area
This is a usable semi-detached house with decent size, balcony space and service areas, but it has very little visual romance or setting appeal. The main rooms appear basically habitable, while some spaces are dated and one upper area looks unfinished, so this feels more like a practical bargain than a dream Italian home.
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€11,000 – €19,000
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.
- Exterior is plain suburban rather than scenic or characterful
- Interiors look dated and partly unfinished despite being broadly habitable
- Basement/utility areas show clutter, darkness and possible damp
- Auction listing: condition/details should be verified carefully
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 39/100The Oglio river runs by Quinzano d’Oglio, and the surroundings are the flat agricultural plain between Brescia and Cremona with irrigation canals, fields and scattered farmsteads. The nearest larger town is Brescia, which provides the full range of services, rail connections and major historic monuments. This part of the Bassa Bresciana is known for intensive farming and dairy production linked to Grana Padano.