Casa indipendente
Cerchi una casa per la tua famiglia e per le tue attività? Stai cercando un'opportunità unica per acquistare una casa indipendente in parte da completare a Palestro, con annesso magazzino di quasi 200 mq? Col vantaggio di avere un basso costo iniziale e poterla personalizzare per soddisfare i propri gusti? Questa proprietà si sviluppa su due livelli ed è composta...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €49,000 (€327/m²), the house is initially well below the local €465/m² benchmark, but it is only partly completed, implying roughly €105,000 in renovation and an effective cost near €1,027/m². The nearly 200 m² warehouse adds utility but is not priced as habitable living space, and the listing does not specify the required works or legal status in detail.
More on the house and the area
A characterful independent house with a lovely covered portico, traditional rooflines and a historic fortified tower visible behind it. The residential portion is solid and seemingly livable, with a functioning kitchen, bathroom, tiled floors and heating, while the substantial warehouse is a raw renovation space. The 49,000-euro price and generous garden/outbuildings add appeal, but this is a practical village property rather than a polished dream home.
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.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€30,000 – €53,000
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.
- The main house appears usable, but dated and in need of cosmetic updating.
- The large attached warehouse/outbuilding is unfinished, dusty and requires substantial work.
- The garden is currently heavily overgrown, and utilities/legal status should be verified.
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 38/100This is the flat rice-growing plain of Lomellina between the Sesia and Po systems, with a landscape of irrigation canals, fields and scattered farmsteads. The Sesia river runs a few kilometres west of Palestro. Vercelli is the nearest town of size, with rail services and everyday amenities. The area is known for rice cultivation and for the 1859 Battle of Palestro in the Second Italian War of Independence.