Monestirolo, fabbricato con due unità da ristrutturare
Monestirolo, fabbricato da ristrutturare, con ampio scoperto esclusivo. Attualmente il fabbricato è composto da due unità abitative distinte e ciascuna con il proprio ingresso indipendente e sviluppate su due piani: terra e primo: per cui ottima soluzione per due nuclei familiari, oppure possibilità di realizzare una…
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
The €40,000 asking price is only €242/m², but renovation at about €700/m² raises the effective cost to roughly €943/m² (€155,500 total), versus a €467/m² Ferrara baseline. The two-unit layout and large private courtyard are positives, but zero listed bathrooms and missing energy data add uncertainty.
More on the house and the area
The property has genuine character—brick walls, arched openings, a gated garden and an unusual waterside setting with boats. However, the interiors are largely unfinished and deteriorated, with no bathroom listed and substantial work needed before it becomes a livable 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€33,000 – €58,000
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.
- Major renovation required, with exposed masonry, damp/stained walls and unfinished interiors.
- No bathroom is shown or listed, and the house appears unsuitable for immediate occupancy.
- Roof structure is present but should be professionally inspected; utilities and structural condition are unclear.
- Waterfront/pond setting may bring moisture, flood-risk and maintenance concerns.
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 55/100Ferrara sits in the Po plain between branches of the Po and the lower Reno basin, in a flat agricultural landscape of reclaimed land, canals and embankments. The Po di Volano runs through the city and the Po Delta regional park begins nearby to the east, with lagoons, wetlands and pinewoods around the delta but mostly outside the immediate urban area. Ferrara is a city of size with a complete historic centre, the Este Castle, long Renaissance walls and major services. Ferrara has UNESCO status for its Renaissance city and, with the Po Delta, as a cultural landscape. The area is known for reclaimed plain agriculture and for the historic Este city.