Rustico/casale in Via Vittorio Veneto
REDAVALLE - in corte comune, rustico da ristrutturare disposto su 2 piani per un totale di circa 120 mq. € 9.000 (CE: G EP gl, nren 295.34 kWh/m2anno) **SAN MARCO IMMOBILIARE** ** FILIALE DI BRONI - Via Emilia n. 168 - Tel: 0385/54371 **.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a 120 sqm farmhouse at €9,000 (€75/sqm) explicitly described as 'da ristrutturare'; using about €1,100/sqm renovation, the effective cost is roughly €1,175/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €382/sqm. The purchase price is exceptionally low for the size, which makes it an attractive heavy-renovation project, but the full restoration cost keeps it below the top band.
More on the house and the area
This is a very cheap farmhouse shell in a village court, but the photo shows no real beauty factor beyond the bargain price. The exterior looks tired and patched, and the listing explicitly says it needs renovation, with no evidence of a ready-to-live interior. As a dream home today, it reads as a project rather than a usable house.
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€48,000 – €70,000
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.
- Explicitly described as a rustico to renovate
- Only exterior shown; no proof of usable interiors
- No bathrooms or bedrooms indicated
- Shared courtyard setting limits privacy
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 58/100Redavalle sits in the Oltrepò Pavese, in vineyard hills on the first rises south of the Po plain. The area is part of the wine landscape around Stradella and Broni, known for vineyards and sparkling wine production. The nearest larger town is Voghera, which has full services and rail connections. Pavia is the nearest historic city of size, with a major university and a substantial old centre, but it is outside the immediate landscape.