Rustico/casale in Via Biancure 13
PORTOGRUARO - (Venezia) Scopri un'opportunità unica di investimento con questo rustico rudere situato nel cuore della pittoresca zona di Lugugnana, nel comune di Portogruaro. Con una superficie totale di ben 400 mq, questa proprietà offre infinite possibilità per la tua creatività e visione. Il rustico si presenta…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Although the asking price is only €200/m², the listing describes a 400 m² ruin requiring full restoration, estimated at about €440,000, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,300/m² versus a €310/m² local benchmark. The property offers substantial space and a pool, but the restoration burden overwhelms the apparent discount.
More on the house and the area
The property has striking visual appeal: a large historic stone farmhouse, landscaped grounds, and an impressive pool create a compelling transformation dream. However, the listing describes it as a ruin requiring renovation, and the photos do not prove a finished or livable interior. It is therefore an attractive restoration project rather than a ready-to-live-in cheap Italian home.
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€158,000 – €234,000
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.
- Advertised as a rustico rudere/project requiring renovation, despite the highly finished-looking exterior images.
- No interior photos confirm that the home is currently habitable or that the pool and landscaped areas are operational.
- Renovation scope, utilities, permits, and legal conformity 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 55/100The cluster lies on the Venetian-Friulian lowland of northeastern Italy, a flat agricultural plain crossed by drainage canals and small wooded belts. The town sits on the Lemene river and the Livenza river runs a short distance to the east; the northern Adriatic coast with its sandy beaches and coastal pinewoods is part of the same plain within local reach. There are no national parks or major regional parks inside a 15 km radius. No ski lifts or alpine terrain are within the immediate area; the Dolomites and their ski infrastructure lie well beyond 80–100 km. Portogruaro is the local town of size and contains an historic centre along canals, shops and services, and a regional railway station on the Venice–Trieste line. The area is crossed by regional roads and rail, and the land use is dominated by arable farming, market gardening and small industrial/commercial centres. The town lies close to the Veneto–Friuli Venezia Giulia regional boundary.