Casa di campagna con giardino privato
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What it really costs
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Move in as it is
In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
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At €28,000 for 150 m², the purchase price is low, but estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €887/m² versus a local benchmark of €356/m². The four bedrooms, garage, and approximately 500 m² garden add value, though the listing gives little detail on the work required or the building's technical condition.
More on the house and the area
A substantial traditional rural house with four bedrooms, a usable interior, garage, and a large garden plot overlooking open farmland. The vintage furnishings and shutters provide some Italian character, but the interiors are dated and the exterior needs maintenance; this is a livable renovation project rather than a polished dream home. At €28,000, the size and land create a strong value proposition if the systems and structure check out.
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- The house is structurally complete and furnished, but clearly dated and needs renovation.
- Roofing, plaster, wiring, plumbing, heating, and bathroom condition should be verified.
- The external outbuildings appear severely deteriorated, with overgrown garden areas and possible demolition or restoration costs.
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 flat lower Scrivia plain near the Scrivia River, with cultivated fields and scattered settlements between Tortona and Alessandria. Tortona is the nearest town of size and has rail links, services and a historic centre. The wider area is known for agriculture and for lying on the route corridor between Piedmont, Liguria and Lombardy.