Villa unifamiliare in Argenta
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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 “ASTA IMMOBILIARE” judicial auction, which is a veto despite the listed €76,500 price and €342/m² being below the Emilia-Romagna baseline of €367/m². The property also includes deposits, a restaurant, and a storage building, so the advertised 224 m² may not represent a straightforward dwelling.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial rural compound with mature trees, open farmland, and attractive exposed-brick outbuildings, but it does not present a strong Italian dream-home image. The gallery is dominated by barns, storage areas, and utilitarian interiors, with no convincing evidence of a ready-to-live-in house; the zero-bathroom listing is a major warning despite the stated habitable condition.
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€15,000 – €25,000
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.
- Auction purchase with legal and financing complexity.
- Photos mainly show agricultural/storage buildings rather than a finished home interior.
- No bathrooms are listed, and actual residential livability and utilities are unclear.
- The property appears rural and access may be via an unpaved driveway.
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 33/100This is the lower Ferrara plain, with reclaimed agricultural land, canals and drainage works as the dominant landscape. The Po di Volano and the wetland belt of the Valli di Comacchio are the main named natural features in the wider area, but they lie outside the immediate 15 km radius. Ferrara is the nearest city of size, with a large historic centre and UNESCO status, but it is beyond the local landscape around Portomaggiore. The area is known for arable farming and for the bonifica landscape of the eastern Po plain.