Casale in Villamarzana
Si propone in vendita a Villamarzana, in Via della Repubblica, un casale situato al piano terra con superficie di circa 400 metri quadrati. L'immobile si compone di molti locali e bagni, magazzini, deposito e giardino, offrendo spazi ampi e funzionali. La proprietà è interamente di proprietà e si presenta da…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €35,000 (€88/m²), the property looks cheap initially, but €700/m² renovation puts the effective cost near €788/m², far above the Veneto farmhouse baseline of €310/m². The description mixes residential rooms and bathrooms with substantial warehouse/storage space, while the energy class is inconsistent between the facts and listing text.
More on the house and the area
This is a very large rural farmhouse with some old-brick character, a garden and an unusually low price for the floor area. However, the interiors are largely a renovation project rather than a usable home, with stripped rooms, debris, dated services and visible deterioration.
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€79,000 – €140,000
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.
- Extensive renovation is required: many rooms are stripped to exposed brick and rubble-covered floors.
- The interiors do not appear move-in ready, with an obsolete kitchen, dated bathroom, damp staining and unfinished electrical work.
- The large 400 sqm property may involve substantial structural, systems and maintenance costs.
- No notable scenic view or especially attractive architectural setting is shown.
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 39/100This is the lower Po plain, with flat reclaimed farmland cut by canals and drainage ditches. The Po is the defining river of the area, with the Po di Venezia and other branches of the delta country to the south and east, though the main Delta landscape is beyond the immediate 15 km radius. The nearest town of size is Rovigo, which has the usual provincial services, rail links, and a compact historic centre with the two surviving towers of its medieval castle. This part of Polesine is known for river landscapes, land reclamation, and agriculture.